Tuesday, June 29, 2010

What Does it Look Like Inside One of Those Huge Fishing Nets?

by Ellinorianne

You know those nets we hear about from gill nets to purse-seining nets, the ones that are full of not just tuna, but sometimes full of other fish and dolphins, turtles and other sea animals that wind up dying because of the use of outdated and dangerous methods that wind up doing a huge amount of harm to other species.

The New York Times did a huge expose on the Tuna's End because of our over fishing of this one very popular fish.  But it's not just overfishing of tuna that's doing irreparable harm to our oceans, it's the method by which we catch them.



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