PUSH
PUSH ITS
PUSH ITS WAY INTO THE NETFLIX TOP 10 FOR A FEW WEEKS4@ BRINGIG A LOT OF ATTENTION TO
COMMERCIAL FISHING.
THE FILM MAKES SOME BOLD4@ AND
DIRE CLAIMS ABOUT THE STATE AND
FUTURE OF THE OCEAN.
BUT OTHERS CLAIM SUPPORTED BY
SCIENCE.
I WENT TO AN EXPERT TO FIND OUT
.
SO ONE OF THE STANDOUT CLAIMS
OR HEADLINES4@ FROM SEASPIRACY
WAS THE IDEA THAT THERE WOULD
BE VIRTUALLY NO FISH IN THE
OCEAN4@.
TWENTY FORTY EIGHT.
IS THERE ANY SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH OR REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT THAT MIGHT BE TRUE?
SO FIRST OF ALL, NO AND WHERE
THAT CLAIM CAME FROM IS AN OLD
AND4@ OUTDATED RESEARCH PAPER
FROM ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO4@ AND
SINCE THEN SOME OF THE SAME
RESEARCHERS HAVE ACTUALLY4@ OTHR
WORK THAT HAS SHOWN THERE ARE
FISHERIES IMPROVING AND A LOT
OF PLACES AROUND THE WORLD AND
EVEN T4@HAT ORIGINAL4@ CLAIM WAS
REALLY KIND OF MISINTERPRETED
BY THE MEDIA4@ AT THE TIME.
BUT THAT BIG SCARY CLAIM WAS
4@KIND OF STUCK AND GETS BROUGH@
UP AGAIN AND AGAIN.
4@THE DOCUMENTARY ALSO CLAIMS
THAT UP TO HALF OR IN SOME
CASES MORE THAN HALF OF THE
PLASTICS IN THE OCEAN COME FROM
DISCARDED4@ FISHING NETS AND
FISHING GEAR AGAIN, IS THIS
SOMETHING4@ IS ACCURATE BY
TODAY'S STANDARDS SO NO, THE
STATISTIC THAT WAS IN THE4@ FILM
WAS REALLY SPECIFIC TO THE
GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH4@ AD
THERE HAS BEEN RESEARCH ON THAT
BIG FLOATING PATCH THAT'S4@ IN
THE PACIFIC THAT SHOWS THAT
ABOUT HALF OF IT THAT'S
FLOATING ON THE SURFACE IS FROM
LOST FISHING GEAR.
BUT THEY THINK THAT PART OF THE
REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE
FISHING GEAR THAT GETS LOST IS
LARGER4@, STAYS CLU4@MPED UP
TOGETHER.
IT FLOATS AT THE SURFACE WHERE
SOME4@ OF THE MICRO PLASTICS OR
MAY BE FALLING TO THE BOTTOM OR
FLOATING AWAY4@ AND THE GLOBAL
NUMBERS AROUND OCEAN PLASTIC
POLLUTION4@ SHO4@W THAT REALLY S
JUST ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF GLOBAL@
OCEAN PLASTICS THAT ARE COMING
FROM LOST4@ FISHING GEAR AND FRM
THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND IT'S
ABOUT 804@ PERCENT OF THE OCEAN
PLASTIC POLLUTION THAT IS
CO4@MING FROM4@ LAND BASED SOUR.
SO INDUSTRY AND THINGS THAT WE
AS CONSUMERS AND OUR WASTE
4@MANAGEMENT AND ALL OF THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS COMING4@ FROM TE
LAND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE
BULK OF OCEAN4@ POLLUTION IS IS
HAPPENING.
SO A LOT4@ SEASPIRACY FOOTAGE AD
STATISTICS ARE COMING NOT FROM
THE UNITED STATES.
HOW DIFFERENT ARE THE FISHING
REGULATIONS HERE AND4@ WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN FOR THE
SUSTAINABILITY OF EATING FISH
AT LEAST4@ HERE?
YEAH, IT'S A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION AND IN THE US TODAY WE
HAVE SOME OF TH4@E BEST FISHERIS
SCIENCE AND4@ LAND MANAGEMENT IN
THE WORLD THAT HASN'T ALWAYS
BEEN THE CASE4@. 4@
WE REALLY ONLY STARTED
SIGNIFICANTLY MANAGING OUR
FISHERIES IN THE LATE 70S BUT
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN
OUR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT OR IN
OTHER WORDS OUR FISHERIES
REGULATIONS AT THE FEDERAL AND
STATE LEVELS AND4@ FISHERMEN HAE
BEEN4@ WORKING REALLY HARD TO
IMPLEMENT THOSE RULES AND
REGULATIONS4@ ALL WITH THE GOAL
OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES IN THIS
COUNTRY AND AND LIKE I
MENTIONED4@, WE HAVE ACTUALLY
IMPROVED A L4@OT OF FISH4@ERIES
THROUGH THAT4@ STRENGTHENED
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF DECADES.
SO US FISHERIES TODAY ARE A
REALLY GOOD BET IF YOU'RE
LOOKING TO TO BUY AND EAT
RESPONSIBLE AND4@ SUSTAINABLE
SEAFOOD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
GIVE UP FIS4@H.
YOU KNOW, SHE POINTED OUT THAT
IMPORTANT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE
YOU GET4@ FISH FROM THE UNITED
STATES IF YOU CAN BECAUSE IT
WAS FAIR IN THE DOCUMENTARY4@.
SOME OF THE PRACTICES IN OTHER
COUNTRIES ARE NOT AS
SUSTAINABLE AND SOME OF THEM
ARE MUCH MORE CRUEL.
SO I THINK THIS IS A4@ CASE WHEE
MAYBE THE SPIRIT WAS GOOD
TRYING TO KEEP4@ THINGS
SUSTAINABLE AND HELP THE EARTH.
BUT THERE WAS4@ EITHER
MISINTERPRETED OR PURPOSELY
MISLEADING STATISTICS THAT WERE
INTERSPERSED IN THAT AND THAT
CAN DO A LOT OF DAMAGE.
I THINK IN ITS OWN WAY IT
CERTAINLY BROUGHT A LOT
OF ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE.
IT DID IT WAS VERY4@ CAREFUL.
THIS REMINDS ME OF OF THE THE
INCONVENIENT TRUTH WITH AL
GORE'S AS A METEOROLOGIST
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTIST.
I DIDN'T REALLY I DON'T THINK
THAT WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE FOR
THE CLIMATE CHANGE BECAU4@SE IT
TOOK SOME REALLY DIRE
PROJECTIONS JUST LIKE THE NO4@
FISH IN THE OCEAN.
RIGHT.4@
AND IT REALLY MUCKED UP THE
MESSAGE OF THE REAL SCIENCE
THAT WAS GOING ON AND IT FEELS
LIKE THIS IS SIMILAR.
SO MAKE