Plastic in a belly of a jelly fish

So far, we found plastic in every trawl, however it appears that the situation is not as bad as it is in North Pacific. Of course, this is too early to argue since we are still far away from the center of the gyre, which is some 730 miles North East from Saint Thomas and some 230 miles east of Bermuda.

Just minutes after writing the above paragraph we caught something very interesting in our trawl. A jelly fish with a large piece of plastic in her belly! This is really a major concern because many sea creatures feed on jelly fish, so it ultimately ends up on our dinner plates. We have also encountered many large plastic pieces along the way.

We are expecting some bad weather later today.

Related posts:

1. Second windrow – even more plastic
2. First windrow – Plastic, was everywhere!
3. Bermuda’s beautiful bays versus plastic – Part 2
4. At sea
5. The ever changing Atlantic weather