'Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi'
Abstract
Although impacts of plastic pollution on fishthrough entanglement in discarded fishing gear anddirect ingestion have been reported, the reportsfrom India especially on ingestion of plastic bymarine fishes are rare. Two instances of plasticsobserved in the stomachs of fishes caught from Gulfof Mannar off Thoothukudi, south-east coast of Indiaare reported
