Swimming off Lady Elliot Island on the Southern Great Barrier Reef the turtles appear happy and healthy, but it's what's on the inside that has researchers worried.
like straws and cutlery came into effect at the start of this month.
"Are we seeing a reduction of those kind of plastics showing up in the guts of sea turtles and are we also seeing a reduction of those types of items in the environment?" Dr Townsend said. Students at the University of the Sunshine Coast conduct a necropsy of a deceased turtle as part of research on plastic pollution.
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