Author: Akanksha Singh

Every year, humans produce 300 million tonnes of plastic waste, including 11 million tonnes of plastic waste that eventually winds up in the oceans. In fact, by 2050, there could be more plas­tics than fish in the ocean. Most plastics never disappear; instead, they become smaller, with particles being swallowed by fish and eventually consumed by hu­mans in their food and tap water, ac­cording to a UN report of 2022. India has 174,000 units of fishing gear in operation, of which 154,008 units are gillnets/ driftnets and 7,285 units are traps while the remaining are fishing lines. Of these, 15,276…