The race to find and catch fish shows just how our seas have now been a battleground.
Let’s call on the Philippine government for stricter laws to protect our country’s fishing grounds. http://bit.ly/15rlUBF
10 out of the 13 fishing grounds in the country have reached their sustainable limits.
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So what should the future of the tuna industry look like? Simply – fewer boats, more fish.
We need fewer industrial-sized fishing boats chasing dwindling tuna populations. If we want fish for the future, we need to change the way we manage our oceans today.
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A whale shark swims in the warm water off the coast of the Philippines. According to the Australian government, around 66% of whales and other toothed cetaceans die as a result of botched attempts to use whale sharks as lures for tuna. Greenpeace is campaigning to stop the use of fishing aggregating devices (FADs) in Pacific waters. These floating devices are left in the water by fishing vessels to attract tuna. However, their usage results in the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of thousands of juvenile tuna, whales, sharks and rays every year known as by-catch.
Save Our Tuna
Jump into the virtual ocean by tweeting with #saveourtuna and get your message straight to the leaders at the crucial tuna meeting in Guam.
If we want healthy oceans and ample tuna for the future, we need marine reserves and changes in the way we fish TODAY.
Have you ever stopped doing what you do for a moment and think about where you get all the things you need to live? Our Oceans. Every third breath we take comes from it. A lot of what we eat live in it. Jobs of many of our countrymen depend on it. We can’t live without our Oceans.
The race to save the ‘Porsche of the Sea’ – the majestic bluefin tuna, which can accelerate faster than a Porsche and swim up to 43mph, is threatened by overfishing. Taiwan is at the center of this crisis, with fishing boats in every ocean of the world and the largest fishing fleet in the Pacific. It is vital that the Taiwanese government gets on board to help save the world’s tuna.
