Conservationists warn that this entire sea is endangered. Importance: Extensive fishing in the Mediterranean is removing crucial species from the food chain. Dive category: This is an open water dive.

“But I see young people without any problems ... fishing and plastics in the water. “Around 730 tonnes of plastic waste end up daily in the Mediterranean Sea,” the group says.

The sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea are home to over 700 varieties ... This attracts large pelagic (open water) fish, dolphins and turtles which form the staple diet of great ...

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-meter-deep Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea. A total of 167 objects—mainly plastics ...