Ever since the dawn of the industrial revolution, we, humans have been drastically polluting our oceans. Plastics and solid wastes are not the only treats to our aquatic biomes. We have seen how chemical contamination like oil spills have caused tremendous damage to our marine ecosystem because of this, the International Maritime Organization hosted the International Convention for the Prevention of pollution from Ships, MARPOL 73/38 whose aim is to minimize the pollution of our oceans and seas.
