According to the Norwegian National Radio and TV Station on the 8th, a man in the country recently caught a squid weighing 12 kg on the western coast. He accidentally discovered that there was a large plastic bottle in the fish's belly. The incident highlighted the harm of plastics to marine life.
According to reports, the Norwegian man Bjorn Inwalsen caught the trout on Mustang Island, about 100 kilometers south of Bergen, in the western city on the 6th. It was fish eggs, but after breaking it was found a plastic bottle with a capacity of 1.5 liters.
The shocking Invarson sent the incident and related photos to social media. He hoped to inspire more people's awareness of environmental protection. The issue was aroused by netizens and local media reported it.
Pere-Erik Schulze, a Norwegian marine biologist who specializes in the promotion of clean beach sports, said that plastics have great harm to the marine environment and must find ways to stop them.
According to statistics, more than 8 million tons of plastics enter the ocean every year, which has a serious impact on marine life, fisheries, and tourism. The economic loss amounts to 8 billion U.S. dollars. Related studies show that if we ignore the status quo, by 2050, plastic waste in the ocean The total weight will exceed the total weight of the fish in the ocean.