Commercial fishing impact on oceans biodiversity
Wherever we turn the negative effects of commercial fishing are
evident. The indiscriminate exploitation of aquatic creatures is
reaching to a point of no return.
According to James Woolford of the World Wildlife Fund's European
fisheries campaign, "The trail of destruction behind industrialized
fishing must be stopped or our children will be left with a barren
ocean." Industrial fishing is as wasteful as it gets. For example, up to
80 percent of some North Sea plaice catches are thrown overboard dead or
dying due to their small size and two sharks are killed for every one
swordfish caught illegally off Morocco, for the European market.
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The alarming rate at which animals are being exploited is simply
appalling. The destruction of living creatures for the sake of profit
and taste is not honoring to God. There’s not much time to turn things
around and bring healing into the world. Christians are called to
exercise our privilege and responsibility to be good stewards of God’s
creation.
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