Plastic pollution and why we need to enforce global rules on fishing vessels

An estimated half of ocean plastic pollution comes from some 4.5 million fishing vessels operating in national and international waters. Image: Unsplash/Naja Bertolt.
Karen Scott
Professor in Law, University of Canterbury

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