TheVoiceOfJoyce A dead whale washed up on Hawaiian shores and man’s fishing debris and plastic nets were the cause of death. The plastic containers were so large they blocked ingestion of food. Whales swim thousands of miles, so we don’t know where the nets and other debris were eaten. The Oceans are not a dump, though 35 million tons of plastic waste accumulate in it yearly. When we clean up our waste, we’ll have less pollutants, toxicity and more fish.