Spanish fishermen find new way to clear oceans of plastic

Sky Ocean Rescue: Spanish fishermen find new way to clear oceans of plastic

Three miles off Spain's Costa Blanca, Vicente Sana and his crew pull in their first catch of the day, but as the nets are opened onto the deck, plastic and rubbish tumbles out with the fish.

Fisherman Paco Perez points out a bit of old tyre, a diver's fin, water bottles and yoghurt pots.

He tells me this is normal, that they're seeing more plastic in the Mediterranean now than in the past.

"Why?" I ask.

"I don't know," he replies. "I guess people are throwing away more, but we notice it more in the summer."
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