False, the fishing industry is trying to push it onto land base sources. Paper straws will not do shit!! It is more 50/50, ranges from 46-49% fishing gear.
What I wrote in the first comment was still correct, less than half are fishing nets and only in some places. This is the quote from above: "These percentages vary by region, however. A 2018 study found that synthetic fishing nets made up nearly half the mass of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, due largely to ocean current dynamics and increased fishing activity in the Pacific Ocean." The majority is still microplastics.
Although both of our sources come from the same place, mine was last updated July 2019, and your article is from 2018. Things may have changed since then is all I'm saying. Your's only mentions 46% I don't know where you're getting the 49 from, and again, only in certain spots.
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u/MrMeeseeks013 Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21
False, the fishing industry is trying to push it onto land base sources. Paper straws will not do shit!! It is more 50/50, ranges from 46-49% fishing gear.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/great-pacific-garbage-patch-plastics-environment