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Fishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear (web.archive.org)
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[–] Cmot_Dibbler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My thought too. This is saying that at least 73% of the garbage patch is the fishing industries fault. I'm sure they contribute a lot but that's a lot a lot. Sounds like someone is trying to shift blame.