Expected Results: The results we are expecting from this field study/collection is that there is an abundance of plastic pollutants, ranging from small, medium, and large. Of those three categories, small would be the most abundant, then medium, then large, however each of them have their various effects and conflicts with both some similar and different marine ecosystems. We expect to find that from poor waste management and underfunded recycling initiatives here in French Polynesia, the amount of plastic waste in the Ocean will surpass and shock the observer. We also expect this estimated amount of plastic waste to be an underestimate, since methods of surveying and the area surveyed may have been disproportionately cleaner than other regions of the island. We surveyed a nice residential area in Temae beach, whereas if we surveyed some of the bays or commercial areas, those numbers of plastic pollutants are likely to be higher.