Amongst hundreds of thousands of fishing vessels, the Abel Tasman reigns supreme.

With its one-hundred-forty-three meters of iron, it hunts the oceans with a net of over 600 meters long.

Longlines of up to 50 kilometers and far too many illegal drift-nets

are emptying the deep blue with a frightening efficiency.

Today, the global fishing fleet hauls in eighty million tons of seafood every year

– approximately two trillion individual animals.

Forty percent of these animals are caught as by-catch and thrown back into the ocean as waste…

...mostly dead or wounded.

Since the 1950’s, 90% of all large fish have disappeared from our oceans.

According to science, loss of biodiversity is accelerating...

...and even the idea of sustainable fishing is now coming under pressure.

The conservation movement, from lobbyist to activist,

…is knowledgeable, intelligent and pro-active.

A lot has been achieved.

Successful campaigning has resulted in new legislation and a growing awareness.

However ... a multi-billion dollar fishing industry is strengthening its grip on politics.

For environmental organizations it has become increasingly difficult to get tangible results.

Every year, 25 billion dollars of tax money continues to subsidize a very harmful industry,

…while ocean conservation laws are barely enforced.

... but we simply can't negotiate with biology.

If the fishing industry continues to fish at its current rate,

…science predicts that all currently exploited fish populations

will be gone from the oceans by 2048.

There will be large dead zones.

Some argue the oceans will be populated by jellyfish.

Change is inevitable and much is at stake.

The Black Fish work hard to expose and challenge illegal and destructive fishing practices.

For the coming years, our focus lies on the Mediterranean,

…where corruption is widespread and fishing laws are simply disregarded.

This is what you can do.

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