Since 1950 when mass production of plastic began, it’s estimated that more than 18.2 trillion pounds of plastic have been produced to date. That’s the equivalent of producing 1,714 Statues of Liberty-worth of plastic every single day for 65 years.
Sperm whales are getting trapped in mile-long drift gillnets and drowning as they struggle to break free. And these endangered whales aren’t the only ones. Drift gillnets kill more marine mammals than all observed U.S. West Coast Fisheries combined. Join Oceana to help save at-risk whales and other marine mammals from deadly and indiscriminate fishing gear.
