Why Fish Might go Extinct by 2048 - The Concise Report

 

Horrors of the fishing industry

The Finishing industry is by far the epitome of everything wrong with the world. When it comes to contamination of the oceans more than 50% of the waste in the ocean is fishing nets other equipment. The worst of the worst comes to mind when we realize that the world as we know it is drastically changing. If industrial fishing does not stop today by the year 2048 all the fish in the oceans will be gone. Bycatch meaning that when industrial fishing vessels try to focus on one species. The methods they use end up catching a lot of other species as well. Which are then tossed back into the ocean as dead fish. Bycatch is the reason for many fish species becoming endangered and going extinct.

There are a few hot spots around the world that are still holding on for dear life. Industrial fishing is enclosing on these parts of the ocean as well. It's only a matter of time. People talk about the amazon rain forest and how it's so essential to the earth. More than 90% of the earth C02 in the ocean-dwelling fauna. The ocean is the worlds largest carbon basin.

Trawling: When a huge net with heavy weights attached to the bottom of it used to sweep the ocean floor for any and all fish. The size of these nets can be big enough to sweep in entire buildings. Even many jumbo jets all at the same time.

The money: Like everything in this world it all revolves around the money. The people who are responsible for safe to eat tags or ethically sourced tags. On any and all fisheries products are in the pockets of these industrial fishery firms. Even worse are the subsidiary company created by one of these firms to save face.

-Vikrant Joshi