5 Gyres - Understanding Plastic Pollution Through Exploration, Education, and Action

Last week, Marcus and I stopped into the lab to see how our North Atlantic Gyre samples are coming along. Tremendous progress! The Algalita crew were hard at work - processing samples and identifying fish - we had upwards of 100 specimens, 7-8 different species, some beauties....

We both remembered this one well - a deep sea fish with ferocious fangs. Frightening, if it weren't 2 inches long.

While we were there, I begged Christiana to dissect a few fish - she was more than happy to oblige. Once all the fish are sorted, she will carefully open each stomach, studying the contents for plastic ingestion. Stay tuned for the results!