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Age of Union: A Powerful Force in Sea Shepherd’s Fight Against Illegal Fishing
Tuesday, 15 Oct, 2024
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts & Figures
Marine Debris Campaign
Facts & Figures
Did You Know?
Facts and figures
Sharks
Facts and figures
Simple truths
12-15 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year, killing one million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals.
Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 11-26 million tons of the annual catch of fish globally.
If not for whaling, ship strikes, pollution and entanglement in fishing gear, some whales could live for over 200 years.
In 2 years, we collected 1,233,595 pieces of rubbish from our beaches in 279 beach clean-ups. 80% of these items were plastic.
Humpback whales communicate with complex songs that can be as loud as the sound of a jet plane (around 150 decibels).
Around the world, between 70 and 100 million sharks die each year through fishing, shark finning and shark mitigation programs.
For every pound of trawled shrimp, up to six pounds of "bycatch” is also captured, including turtles and dolphins.