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pl23_reef2129.jpg

Plastic sandwich baggy floating in the water column

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Description

Plastic sandwich baggy floating in the water column. Fish that feed on varioussalps, jelly-fish, etc. mistake such trash for food and can ingest this withfatal consequences. Compare to images reef2130, reef0859, and reef0556.

Photographer

Ben Mierement

Location

Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Collection

Coral Kingdom

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA NOS (ret.)

Keywords

Coral Reefs

Marine Debris Plastic