MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Boaters and environmentalists are fuming after a viral video reveals crews on a ship indiscriminately popping and throwing balloons into Biscayne Bay.
“It was really shocking and disappointing, extremely sad to see,” Debris Free Oceans Co-Founder Caiti Waks stated.
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From the Instagram video posted on Tuesday, it appears like a number of dozen popped balloons made it into the water.
“Balloons are horrible for our environment. They often look like jellyfish floating in the water, sea turtles eat them,” Waks defined.
And due to the recognition of balloons in décor, volunteers with Debris Free Oceans have discovered a ton of them.
“We counted out 157 balloons,” Waks recalled of a latest seashore cleanup.
“Unfortunately, there’s not a lot of enforcement on the water,” Waks defined.
That’s why she applauds Esteban Bruna for sharing his video and getting the eye of police.
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“Just a bunch of balloons being popped, trash falling in the water little to no regard,” he stated on his video.
Bruna is a Miami native and avid fisherman, so he warned the crew to cease, however they didn’t.
“It makes me happy that action is being taken for it, I think somebody needs to be held accountable for whatever happened,” Bruna stated.
Multiple companies are actually investigating, together with Miami-Dade PD and Miami PD.
However, the fact is that trash goes into the bay daily.
“As though it were an actual garbage can,” Waks added.
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Whoever is answerable for the litter caught on video may face civil and legal penalties.