Clean Up Proposal Pt. 1

The Parker Gang Institute™ believes that the best course of action to reduce the size of the garbage patch is to focus on reducing further consumption and minimize the amount of plastic that ends in the ocean. We believe that  it is essential that we propose a much higher fine for pollution on beaches, even exceedingly high to discourage this pollution that ends in the ocean. We also must focus on awareness and to spread the message that plastics are not biodegradable. But if we use the Laysan Albatross species as an indicator, we can see that marine and terrestrial species are eating both plastic and also fishing wires. Fishing has a huge impact on the species of the Pacific. Tossed fishing nets end up tangling seals, turtles, and larger fish species and killing them, while the smaller fishing wires are eaten by fish and end up being eaten by larger species. These wires, and also plastics, accumulate in the larger species of fish and end up being eaten by humans. To reduce the Great Pacific Garbage Patch's size would also be to reduce the amount of plastic in your seafood. If we can curb the amount of plastic we contribute to the garbage patch, and also continue to regularly send ships to clean plastic, we could reduce the size of the patch greatly. We propose that we bring attention to this issue through awareness projects such as this blog, and once we have enough people aware we can take further action. By raising money and fundraising we can put money into the local economy by hiring local boating companies to trawl the trash in the gyre, and to sort through the trash to collect specimens for scientists to analyze and to show evidence of the garbage patch's existence and its impact on life.