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50% of the plastic problem in the ocean is discarded fishing nets (generally accepted to be discarded from Asian fishing vessels).

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looks more like 10% [0]. but it depends on where in the ocean you're talking about - they float more easily than a lot of plastic, and so are caught the pacific gyre.

[0] https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/publication/ghost-gear-t...

A more accurate claim: 46% of the mass of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is fishing nets.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w

Plastic pollution of oceans is much much bigger problem than just pacific garbage patch.

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