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Each year up to 39 million tons of
bycatch are thrown back from fishing vessels into the sea dead and unused. Bycatch
is defined as inedible or too little fish as well as turtles, sharks, rays,
seabirds, seals, whales and dolphins.
The ratio between wanted fish and bycatch is often totally absurd. For 1 ton
of sole about 11 tons bycatch has to die and for 1 ton of shrimp up to 14 tons
of bycatch get killed.
Because of their fins for shark fin soup, as alleged replacement for remedies
or as bycatch in up to 40 miles long drift nets of enormous fishing fleets over
100 million sharks get killed annually.
As sharks are global spread it must be assumed that after their extermination
the consequences will also appear global. A partial or total collapse of the
individual food chains cannot be excluded.
Three-quarters of the worldwide fish and seafood population are already overfished.
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The oceans are one
of the most important ecological systems on the planet. They regulate the climate
and produce about 70% of the oxygen we need to live.
Of course it's the right of everybody to eat whatever he wants. But it is also
the right of our next generation to see and discover these animals where they
belong to and not just knowing them from books or television. Each and every
one of us should be more concerned about the conservation of the oceans and
should show more responsibility because this is the world in which our children
finally grow into. Big changes are rarely brought about by governments. They
come mostly from the passionate commitment of individuals or small groups.
We donate 15 percent from each item sold from our shop to environmental organizations
which make an effort against the inconsiderate destruction of the seas and the
extinction of sharks. Please find more information in our shop.
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