Sustainable Fishing - Social Studies

 Hi everyone, today in Social Studies we are looking at Sustainable Fishing.

Is Sustainable Fishing even possible? I do not think that in the near future sustainable fishing will be possible. People have been fishing to feed their families and local communities, which has led to a massive amount of aquatic animals dying each year. Fishers have been removing more than 77 billion kilograms ( 170 billion pounds) of wildlife from the sea. More and more of our marine life are disappearing. Turtles are getting caught in nets, as well as dolphins seeking nets as a way to get food. While that being said, in order to prevent this from happening, fishers will need to start using sustainable fishing practices. As the common methods produced such as gill netting and trawling; it will be difficult to meet such demand during the ongoing actions of these methods.      

How is commercial fishing a threat to dolphins and birdlife (bycatch)? Commercial fishing is a daily life serious threat to dolphins and birdlife. Why? It is because equipment like Purse seining, longlining and many other types of fishing, can result in a lot of bycatch. The definition of bycatch is when you catch species that weren't purposely targeted. The common bycatch species that were accidentally caught are dolphins, birdlife, sharks, turtles and many other species. There is around 40% of bycatch in fishing, 10,000 bycatch dolphins each year in France, and upsettingly it's estimated that 300,000 dolphins, whales, and porpoises are killed bycatch. We need to put an end to this promptly, although, commercially won't be possible.