Greenpeace Releases Shocking Whistleblower Tuna Fish Footage; 'Obscene Waste Of Ocean Life'
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[release]AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Greenpeace today released shocking footage and images of whales and a marlin and ray dying at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean.
[b]The footage was shot by a New Zealand helicopter pilot turned whistleblower, who undertook aerial reconnaissance for a small fleet of tuna boats in the Pacific in 2009.[/b] To protect the pilot from reprisals Greenpeace has disguised his identity.
Filming secretly the pilot documented marine life being hauled on deck dead or dying, after being caught in purse seine nets set around fish aggregation devices (FADs). FADs are used by the fishing industry to attract tuna, however they also attract a whole range of other marine life – like the whales shown in the footage – which is then scooped up by fishing nets. The unwanted species are collectively described by the industry as bycatch.
"Kiwis will be outraged by the obscene waste of ocean life shown in this footage. This is the same destructive fishing method used by the fishing fleets that supply Sealord, New Zealand's biggest canned tuna brand," says Greenpeace New Zealand oceans campaigner Karli Thomas.
According to information circulated by Sealord, 'bycatch in FAD-based tuna fisheries is made up of other fish, sharks and rays, averaging about 5% of the total catch". In addition, this method of fishing also results in substantial catches of undersized tuna. "This can represent from 15-20% of a purse seine FAD set catch.' (2)
Due to the huge volumes of tuna caught in the Pacific these bycatch rates equate to shameful amounts of marine species being killed.
Thomas continues, "About 200,000 tonnes of this bycatch is caught annually by the global tuna industry's destructive practices. That's the equivalent of more than one billion cans of bycatch needlessly destroyed every year (3).
Greenpeace launched a campaign in April urging New Zealand's five main tuna brands to stop sourcing tuna caught using the combination of FADs and purse seine nets. Soon after Foodstuffs announced most of its Pams brand tuna would be sourced from pole and line or FAD-free fisheries by the end of the 2011 (4). Foodstuffs has confirmed FAD free tuna is now available in its South Island and Wellington supermarkets and will soon be on sale in the Auckland region (5). Last month Greenseas, owned by Heinz in Australia, committed to phase out FAD caught tuna by 2015 (6).
"As New Zealand's largest supplier of canned tuna Sealord should be ashamed to be involved with unsustainable tuna fishing. While Sealord defends indiscriminate FAD fishing their competitor Pams has become a market leader in tuna sustainability in New Zealand by switching to FAD-free and pole and line caught tuna," says Thomas.
"Banning FADs in purse seine fisheries is an important step towards protecting the Pacific from destructive tuna fishing which is threatening tuna stocks and the region's food security and economic prosperity."[/release]
[url]http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=07923861541[/url]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6JlKwoUtMk4[/media]
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Now, I rather dislike Greenpeace as an organization because of their general uselessness, but if there is just one thing they do good, it's getting whistleblowers and footage.
In the video you can see Turtles and Manta ray. Turtles are critically endangered, and Manta rays are vulnerable according to the IUCN Red List. You also see Whale Sharks which are also vulnerable. Whales and dolphins, depending on species can be endangered or threatened, or in good status. This fishing method also catches sharks, most of which are threatened, and sexually immature fish.
There is no such thing as dolphin safe tuna.
[QUOTE=OzJackal;33346760]One day I'm going to go on a massive spree and kill me some fishermen.[/QUOTE]
(I do not condone these actions)
[QUOTE=OzJackal;33346760]One day I'm going to go on a massive spree and kill me some fishermen.[/QUOTE]
It ain't the fishermen, it's the corporations that want their buck quick and big, and don't give a shit if the next generation won't have shit to catch from the sea.
Pretty shitty how unregulated all the fishing is. Its almost like the wild west when it comes to doing business. The ocean and its sea-life is the most important thing we have on this planet and it is being destroyed.
Tuna will soon be extinct, same with turtles, etc. Damn overfishing.
Seriously, why the hell did they cut up the manta? Those things are like undersea superheroes.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;33347985]Seriously, why the hell did they cut up the manta? Those things are like undersea superheroes.[/QUOTE]
Probably not since it got defeated so easily.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;33347985]Seriously, why the hell did they cut up the manta? Those things are like undersea superheroes.[/QUOTE]
Sharks and Rays are both from the subclass Elasmobranchii. I'd imagine the fins of a Ray are very similar to the Fins of a shark. Probably worth a lot.
[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33348022]Probably not since it got defeated so easily.[/QUOTE]
They killed this motherfucker.
[img]http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/4000000/Steve-Irwin-steve-irwin-4018395-419-620.jpg[/img]
They're the product of nature's own Weapon X program.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;33348100]They killed this motherfucker.
[img]http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/4000000/Steve-Irwin-steve-irwin-4018395-419-620.jpg[/img]
They're the product of nature's own Weapon X program.[/QUOTE]
They're supervillains then. Steve was great.
[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;33348153]They're supervillains then. Steve was great.[/QUOTE]
I'd say it's about a 40/20/40 split between Superheroes, Anti-heroes, and Supervillains.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;33348100]They killed this motherfucker.
[img]http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/4000000/Steve-Irwin-steve-irwin-4018395-419-620.jpg[/img]
They're the product of nature's own Weapon X program.[/QUOTE]
Steve was stung by a Stingray. Not a Manta.
It's like blaming a Whale Shark for eating beach goers.
[QUOTE=OzJackal;33346760]One day I'm going to go on a massive spree and kill me some fishermen.[/QUOTE]
They're just hard working men, man.
Go after corperate douche bags like
[thumb]http://www.zillow.com/blog/files/2010/11/Mark-Zuckerberg-Facebook-001.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://www.zillow.com/blog/files/2010/11/steve-jobs-profile.jpg[/thumb]
(Just examples, not saying they're connected)
Well there is demand for food. And the demand for food is only gonna get higher.
Well I guess this makes me feel better for hating the taste of fish...
Knowing I'm not giving money to such a nasty thing.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;33348100]They killed this motherfucker.
[img]http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/4000000/Steve-Irwin-steve-irwin-4018395-419-620.jpg[/img]
They're the product of nature's own Weapon X program.[/QUOTE]
But that was an accident!
[QUOTE=TAU!;33352821]But that was an accident![/QUOTE]
a really rare amazing fluke of an accident
Tuna isn't even that good. Salmon, that's a fish! Other than that, I generally prefer freshwater fish.
[QUOTE=J!NX;33349285]They're just hard working men, man.
Go after corperate douche bags like
[thumb]http://www.zillow.com/blog/files/2010/11/Mark-Zuckerberg-Facebook-001.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://www.zillow.com/blog/files/2010/11/steve-jobs-profile.jpg[/thumb]
(Just examples, not saying they're connected)[/QUOTE]
Because the website developer and dead man are feeding you bad fish.
[QUOTE=TamTamJam;33353275]Because the website developer and dead man are feeding you bad fish.[/QUOTE]
Who says they aren't? :tinfoil:
[QUOTE=J!NX;33349285]They're just hard working men, man.
Go after corperate douche bags like
[thumb]http://www.zillow.com/blog/files/2010/11/Mark-Zuckerberg-Facebook-001.jpg[/thumb][thumb]http://www.zillow.com/blog/files/2010/11/steve-jobs-profile.jpg[/thumb]
(Just examples, not saying they're connected)[/QUOTE]
No you want to go after people like
[img]http://madmoikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/20080820_monsanto_ceo__grant_18.jpg[/img][img]http://veracitystew.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Koch-Brothers.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Phycosymo;33356303]No you want to go after people like
[img]http://madmoikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/20080820_monsanto_ceo__grant_18.jpg[/img][img]http://veracitystew.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Koch-Brothers.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
All of them look like fucking pricks
you can just see it in their faces
[QUOTE=halflambada;33356345]All of them look like fucking pricks
you can just see it in their faces[/QUOTE]
[b]How to look like a Corporate Asshole[/b]:
Step 1: Smile with your Teeth Open.
Step 2: Stand behind some beautiful/inspiring background, like a Library, or a School or the White-House.
Step 3: Act natural.
[QUOTE=Phycosymo;33356303]No you want to go after people like
[img]http://madmoikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/20080820_monsanto_ceo__grant_18.jpg[/img][img]http://veracitystew.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Koch-Brothers.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I don't even know who those people are.
[QUOTE=OvB;33358356]I don't even know who those people are.[/QUOTE]
Monsanto CEO and the Koch brothers.
[IMG]http://madmoikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/20080820_monsanto_ceo__grant_18.jpg[/IMG]
he looks like Voldemort :v:
[QUOTE=TamTamJam;33353275]Because the website developer and dead man are feeding you bad fish.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=J!NX;33349285](Just examples, not saying they're connected)[/QUOTE]
I never said they were connected, I said they were corporate douche bags. Only ones that came to mind fast.
[QUOTE=Phycosymo;33356303]No you want to go after people like
[img]http://madmoikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/20080820_monsanto_ceo__grant_18.jpg[/img][img]http://veracitystew.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Koch-Brothers.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Now add a cigar, and they're literally the striking image of a stereotypical corporate douche.
[QUOTE=halflambada;33356345]All of them look like fucking pricks
you can just see it in their faces[/QUOTE]
believe me [B]they are[/B]
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