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In the ocean, plastic debris injures and kills fish, seabirds and marine mammals. Marine plastic pollution has impacted at least 267 species worldwide, including 86% of all sea turtle species, 44% of all seabird species and 43% of all marine mammal species. The impacts include fatalities as a result of ingestion, starvation, suffocation, infection, drowning, and entanglement.
Marine Pollution Law and Legal Definition. Marine pollution refers to the entry of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural and residential waste, noise, or the spread of invasive organisms, into the ocean. Most sources of marine pollution are agricultural runoff and wind blown debris.