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Three gray fish swim in front of a large coral head.
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How Laws Around the World Help Improve Ocean Health

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a whale's tale caught in fishing gear
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Whale Rescue

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A screenshot from the video showing a large marlin sculpture made of ocean plastic.
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The Making of a Marlin

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A screenshot from the video showing collection of nets.
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Turning Nets Into Carpet

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Purple and blue thumbnail of ocean plants of some sort.
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Impacts of Marine Debris

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derelict fishing nets
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Recycled Fishing Gear Converted into Energy

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Henry the Fish is made completely out of colorful plastic that washed up on Oregon beaches.
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Washed Ashore: From Beach Trash to Ocean Art

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

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Instead of creating sculptures like this one, volunteers with Debris Free Bonaire collect and throw out trash. As of May 2014, the group has removed more than 5,650 cubic feet of marine plastic from Bonaire's eastern coastline!
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Cleaning Bonaire's Beaches

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A plastic bag floats at sea.
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Plastic Bag Bans Work

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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
Article

The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

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Tiny jellies in a petri dish.
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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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