Because plastic is very cheap at the point of purchase we use, and throw away, a lot of it only to have it degrade marine habitats, foul fishing equipment and detract from some of our most attractive tourist destinations.
They can foul fishing nets and inundate benthic communities, with heavy repercussions on fishing and tourism industries.
So what had been the glorious outpouring of abundance takes on the bitter taste of waters fouled, fish dying, corn plants withering in the cracked and baking earth.
They like to wallow in cool water and have fouled fishing rivers and swimming holes in dozens of states since an explosion in their numbers over the past 20 years.
It fouled fishing grounds, ravaged the coastline, and shut down tourism.
It has killed 50 children.A small North Korean submarine, fouled by fishing nets in South Korean waters, sank while being towed to port.
An old woman in a shawl, who would bandage anyone's stinging fingers; a lad who did Elvis impressions; the foul-mouthed fish-wives, who treated each other like cat's dirt whenever one was out of earshot.
They lay their eggs on beaches, habitat vulnerable to development and disturbance, in places like South Florida and Oman on the Arabian Peninsula, and they spend their long lives at sea, where they are often fouled in fishing nets.
A better test of whether his administration is serious about environmental reform, or just willing to let Al Gore bore for America on the subject, is what it has done to phase out federal subsidies that actually encourage dead fish, foul air and denuded landscapes.
Perhaps because the animals eat mostly Chinook salmon — the tastiest kind, many human seafood lovers agree — the scent is more fish than foul.
