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Hooked on Illegal Fishing

Hooked illegal fisking When it comes to fishing, people don't think it can be policed properly and so try their hand to going about it illegally. They do not realise the consequences they could face or the harm that they are inflicting upon habitats and sea life. Some of the shocking facts are told below... If we fail to change largescale fishing practices now, it is estimated that stocks of all the fish we eat will have crashed by: 2048 Problems above thore. Around 100,000 Albatrosses are killed by longline fisheries every year as they dive for the bait planted on long fishing lines, swallow it (hook included) and are pulled Of the 24 Albatross species, 20 underwater and live in the Southern Ocean and all drowned. 20 are under threat due to being killed by illegal fishers. Lurking below, tho swrfacem. Fishermen can be fined up to £2,500 if they are caught angling without a license. Fines up to £50,000 are given out for poaching. Fishing licenses in the UK for According to the Environment freshwater fish and trout fishing Agency, they checked over 80,000 licences and had to prosecute costs just £27 for the year, yet there are still many people fishing 2,700 over I cheats. without a license and putting fish 138 people were prosecuted for stocks at risk. poaching offences. Down in the occau. Dolphins, turtles and sea birds are caught up and killed in huge trawling nets. The mouth of the largest trawling net Over 300,000 whales, used to catch fish is big enough to dolphins, and porpoises are killed contain 13 Boeing 747 aeroplanes. each as a result of bycatch. Iceland has ignored a global ban on commercial whaling since 2006. They have killed around 280 endangered fin whales and 200 minke whales. Arho bottom of ko lesp blue seaso. 77% 27 77 per cent of the world's Million marine fish stocks are fully exploited, overexploited, depleted or slowly recovering. Tons Of fish are killed and discarded by industrial fishing 90% fleets on average each year. That means that one quarter of the annual marine fish catch is thrown overboard dead. For every kilo of shrimp landed, over 10 kilos of tropical marine life is caught and dies The World Wildlife Fund reports as many as 90 per cent of all the ocean's large fish have already been fished out. Helpring Hands THE If you are against illegal fishing PEW and whaling there are a CHARITABLE TRUSTS number of charities who GREENPEACE always need help to stand up for sea life. These are just some of the organizations that you could get involved with: WWF the black fish working for the oceans Peferenoes Crarablby néts. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/fi shing/106771.aspx http://www.channel4.com/4food/features/eat-ethically/fishing-in-crisis -the-terrifying-facts-about-the-fish-we-eat-09-07-09 NORTH EAST TACHLE SUPPLIES http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/t hreats/bycatch/ http://www.savebiogems.org/stop-whaling-now/ us http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2013/08/19/12-not-so-fun-facts-about-ov erfishing/ @Northeasttackle http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/bycat ch/

Hooked on Illegal Fishing

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llegal fishing and causing harm to sea life is a serious matter and the dangerous truth about it has been steadily rising to the surface in recent news stories. We have researched some of the most sho...

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