There Is One Threat Shark Week Stars Face In The Ocean We Don't Talk About

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Have you ever gone fishing and had your net or line caught on something? Chances are you might have cut the line or even left the net behind. While you may have forgotten about it… the ocean sure hasn't. In fact, while the media has led you to believe that plastic straws are the biggest plastic offender in our oceans, they make up less than one percent of the floating pollution. The plastic waste that is far deadlier (yet you never hear about) is the plastic nets, lines, and traps that are lost or abandoned by commercial and recreational fishers. Estimates are that they make up about 10% of plastic waste in our oceans, more than 700,000 tons. The thing about this kind of plastic waste is that