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In the ocean, plastic debris injures and kills fish, seabirds and marine mammals. Marine plastic pollution has impacted at least 267 species worldwide, including 86% of all sea turtle species, 44% of all seabird species and 43% of all marine mammal species. The impacts include fatalities as a result of ingestion, starvation, suffocation, infection, drowning, and entanglement.
Marine Turtle Ingestion of Plastic Investigated. While the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch may get all the publicity, turtles thousands of miles away in Australia are making their own sad statement to reduce plastics in their marine environment. In all, 267 species of animal are affected by marine rubbish, worldwide. In Queensland, 115 dead turtles have been stranded in the five years between 2006 and 2011.