Oceanic Preservation Society

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Trawling Bycatch Tracker in Alaska captured this video of an orca that was a victim of bycatch. We’re unsure if the orca survived, but instances like this are very common onboard fishing vessles. Bottom trawling captures everything in their path, including sharks, seabirds, marine turtles, and cetaceans(whales, dolphins, porpoises). The nets are incredibly hard to see, blending in perfectly with the water and difficult for cetaceans to detect by echolocation. It’s estimated that over 300,000 small whales, dolphins, and porpoises die from entanglement in fishing nets each year, making this the single largest cause of mortality for small cetaceans. We must raise awareness about the devastation that trawling has on unintended species. Information from World Wildlife Fund Video: Trawling Bycatch Tracker #bycatch #bottomtrawling

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11,000 sharks are killed every hour, 100 million every year. The ones that don't die from the fishing industry immediately are left horribly maimed. Most with broken jaws, others with fins cut off. Thank you @Andriana_Marine for capturing this content and showing the world the horrible reality sharks endure.

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Deep sea mining—if it happens, will absolutely destroy the biodiversity on the floor of the ocean. Join the global movement and urge policy makers to #defendthedeep