Sockeye salmon with a plastic ring cutting into its body

Photo By/Credit

Caz VanDevere/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
In southwest Alaska, near Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, a fisherman shows a fresh-caught sockeye salmon wearing a plastic ring around its body. The plastic cut into the fish’s back and belly.
Ecosystem
Coastal
Marine
Recreational Activity
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Animal migration
Aquatic environment
Human impacts
Human-wildlife conflicts
Pollution