The number of seabirds and sea mammals killed by marine plastic pollution is quite small relative to the catch of fish

Abstract

1 kg of plastic is emitted to the ocean per capita per year .0.0001 seabirds and 0.00001 sea mammals are killed by marine plastic pollution per capita per year.200 wild fish are caught per capita per year.The catch of wild fish is 2 M times as large as the number of seabirds, and 20 M times as large as the number of sea mammals killed by marine plastic pollution. The data and calculations are presented below.