Shocking statistics on marine pollution

You know how big blue whales are, right?

You know how big blue whales are, right?

You know how big blue whales are, right?

100,000 Blue Whales = The amount of pollution that annually enters oceans.

Marine animal deaths

You know how big blue whales are, right?

You know how big blue whales are, right?

Pollution is annually responsible for 100,000,000+ marine animal deaths in the ocean. This doesn't include corals and seaweeds. 

The danger YOU are in

The danger YOU are in

The danger YOU are in

For anyone here who consumes fish or any other sea creature (even seaweed), you are eating the pollution that goes into the ocean. 

Bycatching

The danger YOU are in

The danger YOU are in

Hundreds of thousands of sea creatures are killed by a thing called bycatching each year. Bycatching is when fish, underwater plants, marine mammals, and seabirds get caught in fishing nets, with no way of escape

🎉THANK-YOU!!! 🎉

Thank-you to the scientists, conservationists, environmentalists, and anyone else who may have helped make TEDs (Turtle Excluder Devices) possible! You saved thousands of turtle's lives!

What?

They are special exits for turtles to swim out through. They are put onto shrimp and prawn fishing nets. The shrimp or prawns stay in the net, but the turtles swim free. 

Why?

It is estimate that in U.S. waters ONLY, 55,000 sea turtles were annually bycaught. 

Real Results

TEDs brought that number down to 23,000. That is still a lot, but it is half what it used to be.