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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.
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Bits of Plastic Marine Debris

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cone roots surrounding a mangrove
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Cone Roots Spring Up from the Ground

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A black and white diagram of a tunicate larvae.
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Tunicate Larvae

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Clark studying a shark jaw
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Eugenie Clark with Shark Jaw

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One-meter-tall plastic drifters are released into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012. Over 300 of these drifters were released and their location information was sent to researchers every five minutes through GPS satellite.
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CARTHE Drifters: Where does oil go when it is spilled?

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a comparison of alive and preserved fish larvae
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Alive and Preserved Fishes

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a group of men in kayaks
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Noatak Kayakers

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a manatee and school of fish a the ocean's bottom
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Florida Manatee

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A volunteer sorts washed plastic collected from the beach into buckets by color and size.
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Sorting Plastic from the Beach

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Shrimp in a net.
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Shrimp Catch

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Much of the plastic comes from litter on land, which washes down storm drains and eventually makes it to the ocean. Some bits are from fishing nets and lines discarded by fishing boats.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 7

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Seahorses make noise! Seahorses make noises that can be heard underwater similar to the sound of smacking your lips. They make them during feeding and courtship.
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Seahorses Make A Racket

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