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In prison Puerto Morelos on the Caribbean coast of Mexico every time they travel to the sea for fish or make their lives risky to dive for shrimp shrimp. Their grace depends on the fate, because the weather often makes it impossible to get out, the hooks they drop in the other days are empty. These workers start every day to find the best lobster for the rich vacationists coming to the region, while they and their families are separated from many facilities in tourism development and catching full fish in microplastics.
Omar Oslet Reverera-Garib, Researcher of the Institute of Marine Sciences and Limonology at the University of Nasiel Autonoma de In a recent studyThe He and his colleagues have stated that Pescadors de Puerto Morelos Fishing Co-operative crops and tourists were selling high-value seafood products to satisfy hunger, they were only caught near the city’s beach for their own use. Its commercial value is very low and it is contaminated with small plastic fragments.
As part of their research, the team used the same method as the Rivera-Garib and the team used the same method as cooperative partners. All was disconnected, and their digestive tracts were removed and tested. More than a thousand microplastic particles were recovered by 57 percent of the fish. The study noted that “the fish caught in the shallow water near the coast were a significant amount of microplastic than being caught in their bowels more deeper in their bowels.”
Handline phishing is a traditional tidal method that has long been used in shallow water near Puerto Morelos. It is made up of only one line and a hook and can be used to catch fish like crocker, which can be eaten but the commercial value is very low. The other two methods are used to catch two more valuable species. Ay Line Rosaro (“Rosary Line”) consists of multiple lines that have a series of branched hooks and are used in deep water about 20 nautical miles away from the coast. It is used to catch snapper, groups and pigfish. Lobster is caught by free divers using Spiergun.
More microplastic low-value fish take fishermen home to feed their families; High -priced fish are sold to tourists in Quintana Rou state, which spend more than $ 20 million per year who spend more than $ 20 billion. Quintana Ru is the Mexican state, which is the highest revenue from tourism, but it does not go down to the population pyramid. As in 2021, 12..6 percent of the population of Puerto Morelos lived in poverty or extreme poverty, according to data from Mexico’s Economy Secretariat.
Rivera-Garib highlights the dangers of fish microplastic. “These species are consumed by humans. Microplastics have potential dangerous chemicals such as plastic monoomo and additives, and they absorb toxins from the environment, such as harmful germs and algae that can cause illness in humans,” says Revera-Garib. “However, there is no evidence of any view of the safety of the marine food that has been compromised by microplastick. It is important to understand a greater understanding of microplastic effects on marine foods.”