Unlike metal or plastic artificial lures, which are rarely swallowed by fish, critics say yo-yoing's bait too often leads to lead-filled stomachs.

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At his office near Bellingham, Washington, Special Agent Paul Weyland of the US Fish and Wildlife Service pulls a large plastic bag out of a freezer.

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These oceans, and the fish that live there, are full of plastic, reduced to confetti, incessant from shore to shore, spread out like a spoonful of sand across a football field, over two-thirds of the Earth's surface.

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Their frames are made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, with vinyl-covered galvanized-steel mesh to keep the fish in and the seals and sharks out.

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It's plastic bags, now banned to protect the environment and the lives of animals and fish.

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The filter feeder fish at the bottom of the food chain then ingest these nano-particles of plastic.

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"There is the problem of plastic bags and balloons which have been ingested by leatherback turtles off Cardigan Bay when mistaken for jelly fish, " said Ms Bell.

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If these fish survive and do not starve from lack of nutrients as a result of filling up on plastic, they will get eaten by bigger predators, who in turn ingest the plastic.

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And could it be trout farming below the dam at Dolores square plastic-lined pools in which writhing motion could be detected, as if someone were boiling a great stew of fish rather than breeding them?

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