Seaspiracy, the many takeaways
Seaspiracy, the mindblowing documentary that unearthed the inhumane reality of fish farming. Bottom line: decrease your fish consumption, or stop it completely.
Here a list of the most insane facts we learnt from watching it:
Microplastics in the ocean outnumber the stars in the galaxy by 500 times
Phytoplankton absorb 4x more co2 than the amazon rainforest
A garbage truck of plastic is dumped into the sea every minute
Mitsubishi controls 40% of the bluefin tuna trade
99% of scalloped hammerhead sharks have died
Most sharks are killed by bycatch, over 50 million sharks per year
Bycatch isn’t accidental
MSC sustainable seafood is a fraud so is a “dolphin safe” label by Earth Island Institute
10,000 dolphins being killed in France from bycatch every year
46% of the great pacific garbage patch are fishing nets
Plastic pollution campaigners purposely ignore accusing the fishing industry...
Longline fishing nets can wrap around the planet 500x every day
6/7 of turtles species are endangered due to commercial fishing
Plastic straws only account for 0.03% of plastic in the ocean
The biggest issue facing the ocean is the fishing industry
The fishing industry in the gulf of mexico destroyed more animals in a day than the deep water horizon spill did in 3 months
Fishing boats are technological death machines
Fish are vital to keep corals alive
Halibut is less than 1,000 times as abundant as it was in 1830
5 million fish are killed every minute
If fishing trends continue we will see empty oceans by 2048
Oceans are absorbing all the earth’s excess heat, thanks to fish
This is because fish sequester carbon
Ocean is the biggest carbon sink on the planet
Kelp forests store x20 more carbon than land forests
93% of co2 is stored in the ocean
Trawl nets are so large that they can swallow whole cathedrals or 13 jumbo jets
Bottom trawling wipes out 3.9 billion acres every year = 4,316 soccer fields every minute
No marine protected areas ban fishing
Sustainable seafood doesn’t exist…
Big environmental NGOs are worried to go against “meat/fish eating” because they could lose supporters
There is no universal definition for “sustainable” fish
Unilever is a big funder of the Marine Stewardship Council
80% of MSC income comes from licensing “sustainable seafood” labels
Fisheries are behind murderous crimes..
Your tax money is subsidizing the fish industry
Globally $35 billion dollars subsidize fishing industry
EU fishing fleets are destroying small fishing economies in West Africa
360,000 workers in fisheries have died in 15 years
Decreased fish stocks causing ebola outbreaks in West Africa
Fish farming needs fish feed from wild fisheries..thus it’s also unsustainable
50% of seafood is coming from fish farming
Scottish salmon farming all together produces organic waste the equivalent of the entire population of Scotland each year
38% of world mangroves have been destroyed from shrimp farming
Blood shrimp: Thailand shrimp industry involves fishing slaves
