r/pics Aug 12 '21

The majority of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is discarded fishing gear.

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u/Steelio22 Aug 12 '21

If you are interested in this topic, take a look at the documentary Seaspiracy

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u/titanicx Aug 12 '21

Didn't many researchers, including some used in the show cone out and say they were wrong

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u/_Apatosaurus_ Aug 12 '21

Redditors often don't open articles, so I'm going to post a snippet;

However, overall Seaspiracy does more harm than good. It takes the very serious issue of the devastating impact of industrial fisheries on life in the ocean and then undermines it with an avalanche of falsehoods. It also employs questionable interviewing techniques, uses anti-Asian tropes, and blames the ocean conservation community, i.e., the very NGOs trying to fix things, rather than the industrial companies actually causing the problem.

Most importantly, it twists the narrative about ocean destruction to support the idea that we — the Netflix subscribers of the world — can save ocean biodiversity by turning vegan. In doing so, Seaspiracy undermines its tremendous potential value: to persuade people to work together, and push for change in policy and rules that will rein in an industry which often breaks the law with impunity