Wakeup call....graphic
 

current work

A buddy posted this on FB today. wow.

Not only is it disturbing but alot of this is preventable...

Wow that is sad
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

its not showing up....

unreal and sad yes
 

but when you consider that there's an island of trash out in the ocean the size Texas its not unimaginable.

i noticed many bottle tops and spice bottle tops....
thats not that hard to change how those operate and remove them from the picture

The tragedy of plastic pollution.

Wow those were pretty moving.

It's a shame. that we are such a disposable society. These products have a limited use but a lifetime measured in 10s if not 100's of years.

What I found interesting and the main reason I posted this is the amount of fishing line. I always stuff junk line in my pockets when fishing and throw it out when I get home.

But imagine something as simple as a bottle cap too. Those pics really open your eyes.

Only issue I have with that is, I have been to Midway twice, hiked all over the island, went snorkeling there several times, took a sail boat all over that area, and it is by far the Cleanest and most Beautiful place I've ever been. I lived in Hawaii at the time and when the ship stopped in Midway, it was like "WOW" this must be what Hawaii used to look like!. And the only inhabitants are part of the rather small navy base there. The water is so much bluer and clearer then the water in Hawaii. I think given the location, that the debris was placed on/in the skeletons. Transited through the oceans there and never saw much for trash. Those adult birds gotta by really searching far and wide to gather that much trash.

imho,
C.B.

Albatross are wanderers of the oceans

nope

"These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking.

To document this phenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic in any of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, or altered in any way. These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent.

~cj, October 2009 "

Albatross & Plastics : Ocean Issues | Monterey Bay Aquarium

Very sad indeed. Thanks for posting it here.

The consistency of ignorance you've been displaying lately is amazing. I'm sure you'll find some asinine way to try to prove it doesn't exist, but here's a link. Strangely, there's a picture of a dead albatross with plastic stomach contents. I'm sure it's just a big international conspiracy though.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Funny I thought the same thing, it would be really easy to stage photos like that. Not saying those are, but those birds must have baked in the sun for a long time not to have any one notice..

Bottle caps win, hands down.

pigs pigs lazy slobs its all of us.......plastic byproducts

current work

you should check out the guy's website....

You're just an ASS!! Did I suggest conspiracy? I have been there and its very clean and has very few human inhabitants there (maybe between 100-200). And speaking of showing one's ignorance, you seem to be doing a damn fine job of it lately! And wikipedia wouldn't be the first place I'd go for proof of anything.

no no no
 

you have it all wrong ...we bury most of the trash in land fills Dave
(not that there isn't slobs out there living next to the water)

but some companies were taking it out to see in bags and dumping it for years by the barge load
....and these items have floated to the top

not to mention we now have biodegradable plastic

HOLY COW!

I haven't posted yet, because I am still just learning from all of you and feel I have nothing to add about catching fish, but I do know about trash in the pacific. I sailed a small boat from Hawaii to California (17 days) and witnessed first hand how much trash is floating in the middle of the Pacific. It was incredibly disturbing.

Bassmonkey
 

Welcome to S-B mate ! :wave:

Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

-spence

Did you suggest conspiracy?
Since there have been multiple international studies and reports on the issue, it seems like you did just that.

Wikipedia doesn't do it for you...
how about the necropsy of a dead albatross?
YouTube - Albatross Necropsy
Educational paper:
Causes of mortality of albatross chicks at Midway Atoll -- Sileo et al. 26 (3): 329 -- Journal of Wildlife Diseases

You live with your head in the sand.

After looking at his current work it almost seems like he is Anti-American due to his many depictions of things Americans do.This stuff is interesting and is a real global problem not only United States.When I was younger it was not a big deal for the trash to go out the windows of peoples cars.Compare that to present time I think we have made a step in the right direction and it keeps evolving with new products that don't have such a heavy impact on our enviroment.We are trying to change but it takes time.I'm afraid what we've done in the past hasn't started to come back to haunt us yet.

Amazing and so sad.

I agree. People seem to be starting to realized that at some point, all that trash will have a lasting effect. Just take a look around at any of the places we fish. The banks of the canal are filthy. Styrofoam cups, beer cans, lure packaging, fishing line, clothes, etc can be found all over the place. How many times have we heard about fishing access being closed down because the neighborhood residents were sick of all the trash? Out of the people on these boards that smoke cigarettes, who doesn't think twice to toss their butts out the window or on the ground? Next time you're waiting at a stop light, look down on the ground next to you.

Fortunately, some areas of industry seem to be trying to take steps in the right direction. I've seen biodegradable plastic shopping bags and food wrappers showing a bit more prevalence. Consumer programs for recycling are increasing, with the help of many towns requiring residents to recycle.

Nope...Just a
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2302/...73474842a4.jpg