In Boston, one big factor from the decrease of animals that live in the water is from the commercial waste and human trash that has sometimes accidentally flowed from the pockets of individuals and from large factories and plants in the city near water with the habitats of different animals. 

According to researchers at the New England Aquarium "The ocean has long been a dumping ground for marine debris—usually referenced through the lens of plastic pollution, the “front man” of ocean debris within the media and public sphere. With 11 million tons of plastics entering the ocean each year, particles ranging in size have been found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and in the muscle tissue, organs, and blood of both animals and humans (Galloway & Lewis, 2016; Ocean Conservancy, 2023). Macro plastics, or those larger than five mm, are often mistaken as food by marine species or notoriously become deathtraps".

Also "According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program website: “Marine debris is any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes. Anything human-made and solid can become marine debris once lost or littered in these aquatic environments.” Marine debris includes trash, fishing line and nets, shipping cargo or containers, and even materials found in sewage or industrial discharges, like tiny pieces of plastic known as microplastics. Microplastics come in many different forms, including the microbeads used in beauty products, small fragments from beverage containers and other plastics that break up in the environment, and the synthetic fibers that wash off clothing".

How these different types of animals are being affected, could break the population of the sea creatures. This is important to understand because every living thing eats sea life, and the animals in the water need to reproduce in order for the cycle to stay moving throughout the year.

We as preservers of the waters on our planet, need to take into consideration the actions of ourselves and other people around us, that are harming the many many creatures that are living and trying to survive under the surface of the water.

Help to make the waters clean for everyone, and raise awareness for other people to clean up the dirty waters around them.

Let's make having a clean planet a reality.

#STOPPOLLUTION#