Marine Plastic Pollution

Underwater scenes capturing discarded plastics and debris, emphasizing the harmful effects of pollution on marine life.

Discarded plastic bags and other trash float above a shallow coral reef.

Discarded used medical face mask along with other plastic debris lies on the seabed. Plastic and other garbage polluting in the Adriatic Sea. Becici, Budva Municipality, Montenegro, Europe

Floating debris at the surface, a mixture of trash and leaf litter, Semporna Straits, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo.

Discarded used medical face mask along with other plastic debris lies on the seabed. Plastic and other garbage polluting in the Adriatic Sea. Becici, Budva Municipality, Montenegro, Europe

Discarded plastic bags and other trash float above a shallow coral reef.

A McDonald's plastic cup floating in Sydney harbor

Plastic bags look like jellyfish and kill turtles and other marine life mistakenly eating them, Philippines

Discarded plastic packaging slowly drifting under the surface of water nearby coral reef a tropical fish swimming around. Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Plastic pollution of the Ocean, a discarded wtite plastic bag on tropical coral reef, on the blue water background swims school of tropical fish. Underwater shot. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Divers at Red Sea

Clear plastic bag polluting our ocean underwater

Scuba diver removing plastic marine litter from the sea bed. Mljet National Park, Mljet Island, Croatia. May 2015.

Machafushi wreck. Ari Atoll, Maldives. Marine ecosystem. Indian Ocean.

Rubbish drifting at surface of sea, Ambon Island, Maluku Islands, Banda Sea, Indonesia

Clear plastic bag polluting our ocean

Floating debris at the surface, a mixture of trash and leaf litter, Semporna Straits, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo.

Carpet and bacterial decomposition in a backwater of the Rhone

Trash floating in ocean, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Plastic waste in the sea, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Asia

Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) three young, being released from net in freshwater loch habitat, Balhama, Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs N.P., Stirling, Scotland, September

A discarded plastic bag drifts underwater amid the islands of Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Old torn plastic bag drifting in water column in sunburst. Plastic bag floating underwater on the blue depth on sunbeams, environmental pollution. Plastic pollution of Ocean, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Discarded used medical face mask lies on the seabed together with other plastic waste, Becici, Budva region, Montenegro, Europe

OCEANS (2009), directed by JACQUES PERRIN and JACQUES CLUZAUD.

Litter On Beach, Bali, Indonesia, March 2011

Plastic bag floating between two waters, Cap d'Agde, Herault, Occitanie, France

Discarded plastic bags and other trash float above a shallow coral reef.

Plastic waste in the sea, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Asia

Plastic bag drifts under surface reflected in it on sunny day, a large shoal of small fish swims on background, Plastic pollution of the Ocean, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Buoy attracts great number of fish in deep water, Hawaii

Person Pointing to Reflection in Water

Plastic Water Bottle Floating in Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica, California, USA

Old plastic cup littering ocean surface

Coral reef protective program on Indonesia in the navy Nationwide park Bunaken. New coral reefs should originate by specially designed artificial concrete stones. North-Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Plastic pollution of the Ocean, a discarded wtite plastic bag on tropical coral reef, on the blue water background swims school of tropical fish. Underwater shot. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Discarded used medical face mask lies on the seabed together with other plastic waste, Becici, Budva region, Montenegro, Europe

The effects of reef bombing by dynamite fishermen, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Close-up, a plastic bottle lies on the seabed in the sun rays, in the coastal area on the beach. Plastic pollution of the Ocean. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

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Canada, British Columbia, Queen Charlotte Islands. Kayaker and intertidal life. (MR)

Plastic pollution trash on sea surface with different kinds of garbage - plastic bottles, bags, wastes floating in water. Sea ocean water pollution background concept vector illustration.

A carpet of rubbish floats on the surface of the water off the Croatian coast

The effects of reef bombing by dynamite fishermen, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Discarded kitchen plastic storage net shopping hang down of coral reef. Plastic pollution of the ocean. Plastic mesh bag hanging on a beautiful coral reef. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Creator: Dawson, Rick. Subjects: Habitat restoration; Oil Production; Oil Spills. . 1998 - 2011.

A water quality researcher samples Toxic Blue Green Algae in the Copco Reservoir in Northern California.

The USFWS Coastal Program in Puget Sound, Washington has worked over the last six years to collect derelict fishing gear. They have recovered 3,600 partial gillnets, averaging 7,000 square feet each, which has eliminated the needless deaths of more than 1. Subjects: Fisheries management; Coastal environments. Location: Washington.

ILEGAL (2003), directed by IGNACIO VILAR.

Plastic waste threatens coral reef, North Bali, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Underwater fish trap

Plastic pollution, Yellow plastic bag swims underwater reflecting on the surface of the blue water in sun lights. Discarded plastic bag slowly drifting under surface of water in sun light. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Large trawl net washing in from sea, Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, july

Disposable blue plastic bag floats under surface in blue water. Plastic bag thrown into sea drifts under surface of blue water in morning time, Red sea, Egyp

Danger of scuba diving France

WATER LINE

Rubbish bag drifting through the sea, North Male Atoll, Indian Ocean, Maldives, Asia

Old plastic bag drifting in water column over seagrass meadow. Plastic bag floating underwater on the blue depth, environmental pollution. Plastic pollution of Ocean, Red sea, Safaga, Egypt, Africa

Transparent plastic bags floating underwater in blue ocean sea water, pollution by non-biodegradable plastic waste, hazard for marine wildlife

fishing nets lying on the ground for drying

Ocean sea pollution with floating plastic bottles , cigarette butts, tire, caps, sixpack rings, .... Dying fish and dirty seawater.

Mexico, Trawl net by catch from shrimp fishery on Sea of Cortez

Ghost fishing nets and plastic bottles floating at sea surface. Dominica. Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

plastic bag environment pollution with globe model inside

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underwater view of orange buoy mooring float in green water

Subjects: Habitat restoration; Pollution; Contaminants. . 1998 - 2011.

Atlantic Jackknife Clam (Ensis directus) shells washed up on beach after storm, Netherlands

Marine litter washed up on the beach, human impact on the marine ecosystem, remains of a burial at sea, Minsener Oog, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Coral reef protective program on Indonesia in the navy Nationwide park Bunaken. New coral reefs should originate by specially designed artificial concrete stones. North-Sulawesi, Indonesia.

CORAL DESTRUCTION - Destroying reef for building materials . Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Lysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) amoung plastic debris.

Woman in diving equipment swims and collects plastic debris underwater on the bottom of coral reef. Snorkeler cleaning Ocean from plastic pollution. Plastic pollution of the Ocean. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Canada, Nova Scotia, Peggy's Cove. Fishnets.

Underwater fish trap, fishes inside trap, fish hunt

Cabos, garbage in the sea. Interestingly, some residues become refuge and tiny ecosystems for some species such as seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus), spider crabs (Stenorhynchus lanceolatus), algae and fingerlings.

Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) school ready to spawn, Craig, Alaska

Green plastic bottle drifting under surface of blue water. Plastic pollution of Ocean, Discarded plastic bottle floats underwater in sunlight, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Mexico, Trawl net by catch from shrimp fishery on Sea of Cortez

Discarded fishing nets in the Mediterranean France

Pollution, plastic, bags. Drifting debris in sargassum aggregations accumulated near the coast. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Ocean pollution vector illustration. Contamination ocean has far-reaching consequences for wildlife and ecology The environmental problem ocean pollution demands immediate attention. Ocean pollution. Damage to environment occurs when ocean becomes dumping ground

Polluted with trash and garbage underwater of sea, bottles, plastic bags and toxic waste

Seaweed farm. Sumbawa. Indonesia.

Launching and alignment of the oyster tables on the Banc d'Arguin, facing the Dune du Pyla. Arcachon bay.

This pen contains almaco jacks (Seriola rivoliana). The fish farm off the Big Island surfaces the pens to service them and allow the sun the kill off ...

Green tide pollution on bouchots for breeding Mussels

USA, Oregon, Charleston

dirty sea water

Two fishing pens are secured to the ground under the water of a dam among the vegetation with the water of the dam and white clouds among blue sky in the background.

Disposable plastic bottle drift under surface of water in sunrays. A plastic bottle is thrown into the sea slowly drifts in water column in rays of morning sun, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Brash ice off the east coast of Greenland, Polar Regions

The Tile from which the wreck takes its second name. Chrisoula K, The Tile Wreck Abu Nuhas, Egypt. Strait of Gubal, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea

"Artificial reef" made of tires

Sargassum (Sargassum sp). Volunteers collecting waste (plastics, ropes,...) dragged by the mass of algae. The genus Sargassum is characterized by having gas vesicles known as aerocysts that provide them with buoyancy. Thanks to these balls of gas, some species of sargassum are able to remain floating on the surface of the ocean for months and the currents end up accumulating them, forming immense aggregations similar to floating islands. In the North Atlantic Ocean is the Sargasso Sea, which receives its name precisely because the presence of these gigantic aggregations on its surface is common. It serves as food, shelter and breeding area for many marine animals, such as crabs, turtles, shrimp and seabirds. At some times of the year it can appear stranded in large numbers on beaches exposed to the current and/or wind. On some occasions, it may appear mixed with drifting garbage such as ropes, small talk, bottles,... Playa Grande, Punta de Abona. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Oil absorbent inflatable booms in Barataria Bay; Barataria Bay, Louisiana, United States of America

2009 Pacific Exploration of the ORV Alguita. Trash and assorted garbage collected form the North Pacific Gyre. The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the great Pacific garbage patch' in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). The Algalita Marine Research Foundation has been studying and educating the public about the effects of oceanic micro-plastic pollution on the ocean's ecosystem and marine life for over ten years. Long Beach, California, USA

Elba island, illegal sewage disposal

Plastic water bottles pollute ocean

Poster with ocean pollution with litter in ocean, dead sea, dirty water, fish bones, face masks, plastic bottles and bags.

oil spill clean up

Plastic bottle pollution in the sea. Pollution environment concept. ia generated

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