They have also found small pieces of plastic inside the stomachs of fish like mahi-mahi.

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It's four o'clock in the morning and the 68-year-old fisherman is dragging a plastic trunk of fish carcasses across the dock toward his boat.

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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.

WSJ: For Massachusetts Fishermen, A Weighty Debate About Fair Play

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.

NPR: Poaching Sheds Light on Market for Eagle Parts

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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