Why Our Oceans Are Dying

Why overfishing is threatening our seas, explained. Support OCC and get 20+ bonus, adfree videos by signing up for Nebula

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at why plastic isn't the only threat to our seas and oceans. Specifically, I look at how overfishing threatens fisheries fish populations. worldwide. Overfishing has already decimated Atlantic cod and bluefin tuna fisheries and threatens many more. Fishing as a practice has been a staple in many diets for thousands of years but it wasn't until the commodification of fish under capitalism and the heightened industrialization of the fishing trades that global fish population and stocks began to seriously plummet. With inventions like the bottom trawler and big net fishing, fisherfolk are able to catch copious amounts in comparably little time. Overfishing has been devasting to the rich biodiversity of the oceans, rendering some areas devoid of important fish species. So, while ocean plastic and ocean trash clean-up efforts like #teamseas are at least doing something, there is much more threatening our oceans than plastic.

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