A study of 755 fish caught off three ports in Mexico found an average of 20% of them had micro-plastics in their guts.
The report by researchers from several universities and conservation groups studied grey snapper, red grouper, white mullet and king mackerel.
The fish were caught off the Gulf coast port of Veracruz, Puerto Morelos on the Caribbean, and La Paz on the Sea of Cortez or Gulf of California.
Plastic was found in over one-third of the Veracruz fish, but only 8% of those in La Paz and 23% in Puerto Morelos.
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