Inside the Mani 2015 | Page 16

• Significant numbers of tiny pieces of plastic, almost too small to warrant collecting. This is just the type of waste that scientists are concerned about as they are ingested by fish and crustaceans and do not decompose. • Wire fishing line and tangled nets are likely to trap fish, lobsters, small octopus and turtles. (Whilst we were collecting in Kardamyli bay we came across the turtle here still unharmed …. thank goodness. INSIDE the MANI MANI14