Pollution

Problems caused by plastics in the ocean:

monofilament: Monofilament fishing line entangles animals strangling and killing them.

(picture:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Filet_de_pêche_DSC00632.JPG/220px-Filet_de_pêche_DSC00632.JPG)

entanglement: Over 267 species have been found to be harmed from entanglement. Entanglement can be from fishing line, plastic bags, 6 packs, etc. It causes suffocation, drowning and starvation.

(picture: http://www.crimemuseum.org/element/humpback.jpg)

Plastic bags: Many animals ingest plastic bags thinking they are food, killing around 100,000 animals a year.

(picture: http://bagitmovie.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/plasticbag-turtle-web.jpg)

Ghost fishing: Ghost fishing is when old pots and nets catch fish, but since they cant get get out, it kills them.


(picture: http://whalesandmarinefauna.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/a-green-sea-turtle-entangled-in-a-commercial-fishing-net.jpg)

Plastic Pellets: Small pieces of plastic broken off of large

(picture: http://oceanmotion.org/images/impact/confetti_plastic_pellets.jpg)