Monterey Bay Aquarium Executive Director Julie Packard holds a reusable shopping bag. Nineteen members of the nationwide Aquarium Conservation Partnership today (July 10) announced they have all eliminated use of plastic shopping bags and plastic straws as part of a nationwide consumer campaign targeting plastic pollution that threatens the health of the ocean, lakes and rivers. Credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium (PRNewsfoto/Aquarium Conservation Partnersh)