03/14/09
The valiant rescue of a right whale entangled in hundreds of feet of rope off the Volusia County coast last week brings into sharp focus the hazard human trash poses to marine life. Five right whales that we're aware of have been similarly entangled in their annual southern migration to Georgia and Florida waters this year. Ocean debris is a pervasive hazard but it is readily preventable, as pointed out in the annual report released Tuesday by the Ocean Conservancy -- a global index of trash collected in the world's oceans and marine waterways.
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