July 1, 2010
First ever footage from inside a purse seine tuna net — ‘Seeing death on this scale has quite an impact on the team’
About 5 minutes into the video above, a film crew dives in the South Pacific waters and films for what is probably the first time ever (that’s what they claim, anyway) the inside of a gigantic purse seine tuna net. You really have to see it to believe the scale of this kind of commercial fishing. And this is just one boat! Check it out, and then make sure to get your Monterey Bay Aquarium seafood pocket guide. Via Reddit. See also: Bluefin Tuna Doesn’t Stand a Chance Against EU’s Industrial Fishing Boats.
Shocking: Industrial Fishing Like You’ve Never Seen it Before (Video)
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