Great Lakes Echo Features Plastic Pollution Research

The Great Lake Echo highlighted research from Professor Dong-Fang Deng that indicates that plastic pollution makes yellow perch less nutritious. Deng told the publication that fish are extremely susceptible to changes in their environment and food. Each ingredient can be a potential stressor that can jeopardize the health and quality of the fish. Osvaldo Jhonatan Sepulveda Villet, an assistant professor at the School of Freshwater Sciences, stated that it could be possible to reduce the amount of plastics in food formulated for farmed fish by reducing the amount of fishmeal in their diets.