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How had I not
heard about this before? Fishing vessels discard
a massive amount of ropes and lines, and this was a major problem. Today, even some of the most remote places
on Earth were awash with fishing gear. Like Henderson Island
in the Pacific Ocean, and Svalbard in the Arctic Circle. In fact, looking closer at some of
the whales that washed up in the UK when my journey began, I discovered fishing gear
was the main trash in their stomachs. This was the whale in the room
that no one was talking about. I even found that longline fishing sets enough fishing lines
to wrap around the entire planet 500 times every single day. Although there isn't
a single fishery in the world that deliberately targets sea turtles, six out of seven species of sea turtle
are either threatened or endangered
heard about this before? Fishing vessels discard
a massive amount of ropes and lines, and this was a major problem. Today, even some of the most remote places
on Earth were awash with fishing gear. Like Henderson Island
in the Pacific Ocean, and Svalbard in the Arctic Circle. In fact, looking closer at some of
the whales that washed up in the UK when my journey began, I discovered fishing gear
was the main trash in their stomachs. This was the whale in the room
that no one was talking about. I even found that longline fishing sets enough fishing lines
to wrap around the entire planet 500 times every single day. Although there isn't
a single fishery in the world that deliberately targets sea turtles, six out of seven species of sea turtle
are either threatened or endangered
Full Transcript
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How had I not
heard about this before?
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Fishing vessels discard
a massive amount of ropes and lines,
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and this was a major problem.
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Today, even some of the most remote places
on Earth were awash with fishing gear.
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Like Henderson Island
in the Pacific Ocean,
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and Svalbard in the Arctic Circle.
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In fact, looking closer at some of
the whales that washed up in the UK
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when my journey began,
00:00:25.358 --> 00:00:28.486
I discovered fishing gear
was the main trash in their stomachs.
00:00:29.904 --> 00:00:33.449
This was the whale in the room
that no one was talking about.
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I even found that longline fishing
00:00:36.619 --> 00:00:39.872
sets enough fishing lines
to wrap around the entire planet
00:00:39.956 --> 00:00:43.125
500 times every single day.
00:00:45.211 --> 00:00:47.171
Although there isn't
a single fishery in the world
00:00:47.255 --> 00:00:49.298
that deliberately targets sea turtles,
00:00:49.382 --> 00:00:54.003
six out of seven species of sea turtle
are either threatened or endangered.
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Movie Summary
Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.
