After having stopped eating meat following the documentary Cowspiracy and finally the investigation by Presadiretta on Rai3 on intensive farming, among other things epidemiological bombs, the viewer of Seaspiracy will stop eating fish.
Most likely, or it will reduce its consumption.
The documentary, released in Italy on Netflix from 24 March, is getting noticed all over the world, relaunched by environmental and animal rights associations.
Made by the same team of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret of 2014, it reveals not only the danger of the oceans for massive fishing but also what is illegal, of violation of human rights, of real slavery that is behind and if not the ethical and justice aspect mattered, there is a further shocking aspect for consumers: a real scam of their trust with respect to the 'sustainable fishing' or 'save dolphins' stamp which they use for a fee and without real authentic controls all over the world brands of large retailers, even those that we Italians find in the supermarket.
The very definition of 'sustainable fishing' in the investigation by the British filmmaker Ali Tabrizi is practically absent in the responses of the Commissioners of the European Union.
'Seaspiracy - Does sustainable fishing exist?', Whose only trailer on YouTube, visible even to non-subscribers and already full of shocking topics, travels around a million views, dismantles the romantic vision of the seas and also what plastic is the cause of all evils: it is, he shows the young documentary maker with the air of a Michael Moore of the beaches of southern England where dozens of whales beached themselves two years ago, but he is neither the only nor the worst, because the real dangers for the habitat of the oceans and therefore also for the survival of all of us (85% of the oxygen we breathe comes from our seas) are in the massive fishing, often illegal, of true raid of the marine population without distinction (40 % of the global catch is unused, wasted or not accounted for, the so-called devastating by-catches).
A terrifying picture emerges with the rhythm of a thriller from the associations that helped him in very dangerous shots for his life and his wife that he filmed with him - the combative Sea Shepard above all - to the many 'repentants' of the sustainable fishing system. from all points of view.
The demand for fish on world tables (the same goes for meat) is at the basis of everything: intensive salmon farming as well as the killing of sharks whose fins the Asian market is greedy for.
The criminal organizations that on the high seas bring armies of desperate people to work on fishing boats slaughterhouses, treating them as slaves, exploit the world demand for a resource that is potentially infinite if it were not used without rhythms of nature.
Environmental journalist George Monbiot talks about bloody shrimp providing evidence of slavery in Thailand for shrimp and langoustine fishermen.
Seaspiracy, underlines Peta, which is one of the associations that applauds the documentary, "highlights alarming - and not widely known - truths about the widespread environmental destruction in our oceans caused by human behavior, challenging the notions of sustainable fishing".
Among the shocking statistics shown in the film are the 50 million sharks (very 'vilified' creatures that are essential for the conservation of our oceans) taken each year as bycatches and the 10,000 dolphins taken off the Atlantic coast of France each year. here only as by-catch, according to data provided by Sea Shepherd.
Sustainable seafood certifications may not be all they seem: eating sustainable seafood is the right thing to do, but apparently in theory, given that in the Tabrizi investigation labels such as Dolphin Safe and MSC, Marine Stewardship Council, are not able to guarantee what they write and what we all look for as we fill the shopping cart.
Mark J Palmer of the Earth Island Institute - the organization that runs the safe label for dolphins - admitted in the film: "Once you are out there in the ocean, how do you know what they are doing? We have observers on board. : observers can be corrupted "(or even killed as seen in the documentary).
What are the possible solutions?
Increase marine protected areas and prohibit fishing inland, increase fishing stops for restocking and ultimately consume less fish by lowering world demand.
To Sylvia Earle, the lady of the Oceans like Jacques Costeau, 85 years indomitable, the conclusion of Seaspiracy: "Stop eating fish is the only sensible thing to do".