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Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic... by staz on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:28AM (#25801377)
A lot of the microplastics in ocean come from Fishing nets.
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Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic... by mhuffman on Saturday January 16, 2021 @08:27AM (#25802042)
Do you have a source on this? It just seems, intuitively, that the amount of microplastics from fishing nets would be minuscule compared to other "trash-related" sources.
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Re:Seagrass 'Neptune balls’ sieve millions of plastic partic... by FreshFries on Saturday January 16, 2021 @08:54AM (#25802170)
First hit on google with "microplastics in ocean come from Fishing nets" leads to:

https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/marine-debris-...

For what it's worth.

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