Aceh’s community fishers struggle to preserve tradition amid blooms of plastic pollution

Summary

Fishers in Aceh, Indonesia are using a centuries-old net-fishing tradition, but they're now hauling in more plastic trash than fish from increasingly polluted waters. This matters for your health because plastic waste in the ocean breaks down into microplastics that fish absorb, and those same fish often end up on dinner plates, meaning the pollution problem in these waters could quietly make its way into the global seafood supply.