Can oviposition on marine litter pose a threat to marine fishes?

Monitoring of seafloor litter on the Dutch Continental Shelf : International Bottom Trawl Survey 2023, Dutch Beam Trawl Survey 2022

“…According to Meijer et al (2021) between 0.8 to 2.7 million metric tonnes of postconsumer plastics enter the oceans solely by rivers every year. This has an impact on all groups of marine wildlife through effects such as ingestion, entanglement and interactions (Valderrama-Herrera et al 2023;Kühn et al 2022;Solomando et al 2022;Freitas et al 2023). Entanglement may limit movement and inflict injury, thus reducing an animal's ability to avoid predators, acquire food or increase the potential for drowning.…”