Did the Ocean Clean Up Project publish a staged video of it cleaning up plastic from the ocean?
How To Protect The Ocean · Speak Up For Blue
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The Ocean Clean Up Project recently released a video showing a trawl net releasing plastic pollution that it supposedly hauled from the ocean and released on the deck of a shipping vessel. However, there seemed to be some things that did not add up in the video.
There was no bycatch from the fishing net used to clean up the plastic. The plastic was intact, which is very different than most of the plastic found at sea (microplastic), and the plastic was clean (almost looking brand new). No biofouling was present on the plastics, which is different than most other plastic items found at sea.
Some scientists and conservationists are calling the video staged.
What do you think?
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