Fish, plastic and people

Semisi Cama, a 72-year-old Fijian, remembers: “In the early 1990s, paper bags were still given out in shops. Then gradually all paper bags were replaced by plastic bags. The result: the plastic waste that littered the beaches disintegrated into micro-particles that were ingested by the fish that we in turn ate.

Geographical areas
Oceania | Fiji
Tags
Fishing | Marine environment | Pollution
Directed by
Guilhem Chamboredon
Production date
2017
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