Gimme a break on the fine crap. There are lots of things besides balloons that destroy the enviroment......stop selling the mylar balloons close to the ocean. That would be enough of an effect.
As fishermen we would be wise not to be on the side of the green people too much. They will next target all rubber artifishcials, plastic pluggage and then they will start on the wood. Are those plastic eyes? Is that non toxic paint? etc etc.
Salty, I wouldn't doubt it by now you have gotten requests in the mail by green groups to stop producing items that pollute the ocean and kill fish, no?
If Bills like this pass it is only the beginning of the end. "Green" Groups will not be happy until all of us are golfing......on courses using only organic fertilizers of course.
I think the biggest problem of plastics in the water I see are the bags from the supermarket. Make them all paper only........another note: remember the ocean is the worlds biggest trash can. Sometime I'll take a picture of what goes over the side of a big ship most everyday, no plastics... but the green folks wouldn't be happy
