Current Affairs - Important Days - Discussion

The World Oceans Day was observed across the world on June 8, 2018, to highlight the major role of the oceans in everyday life. The action focus for the 2018 World Oceans Day was 'preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean'. Around 80 percent of all pollution in the ocean comes from people on land. There are 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean every year, causing damage to wildlife, fisheries, and tourism. The Plastic pollution costs the lives of 1 million seabirds and 100000 marine mammals per year. The 'Fishes eat plastic, and we eat the fish'.