The waters off North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras are home to more marine mammals than anywhere else along the East Coast. And with talk of opening the whole coast to offshore drilling, and a swelling ocean plastics problem, environmentalists and scientists near Hatteras have teamed to look out for that specific spot.
Their work is gaining momentum. Locals are joining “Fishing4Plastic Tournaments” to see how much plastic they can pull from the water. Charter boat fishermen take researchers and students out to the middle of the ocean to collect and sample plastic debris.
