The majority of our seal entanglements in Namibia are caused by discarded fishing equipment, particularly fishing line. Over the past few days, we found an increasing amount of seals who had packaging strap wrapped around themselves. It could be an indicator that a large amount of packaging strap was thrown into the ocean somewhere close by. Packaging strap is extremely strong, it does not break as the seals grow. Eventually, the plastic starts cutting into the seals skin if not removed on time,