Commercial shrimpers use massive driftnets and longlines that indiscriminately scoop up nearly every living creature in their paths. Just a tiny percentage of what they catch is actually shrimp. Billions and billions of fish and other sea creatures – including enough sea turtles to drive some breeds onto the endangered list – are captured and discarded (usually after they died from the ordeal. If you eat shrimp, you are contributing to this devastation.
Our source for this meme is seaturtles.org
Our source for this meme is seaturtles.org
Meme, Shrimp, Shrimpers, Sea Turtles, Fish, Bycatch, Left To Die, Commercial Fishing, Driftnets, Longlines