Saturday, April 10, 2021

14/52 - Seaspiracy


 This documentary is getting a lot of buzz these days. It begins as a "simple" tale about sea garbage and quickly morphs into a project that takes him around the world looking at fishing practices and how harmful they are to other marine species and the planet as a whole. To that end, for me, I thought it got too big. There was almost too much information to absorb. That being said, there was lots to be shocked about, but at the end I was kind of left with the feeling of, well, what now? How to we even begin to fix this?

Coincidentally, the day after I watched this I caught up with a friend, who is ready to embark on a research project focused on fish and fishing, who had also watched it recently. He told me there was lots of talk about what was presented in the documentary within the science community on twitter and how it was flawed. Which I found interesting and yet, not surprising to hear. I haven't delved into any of that conversation, but it was an interesting side note if you're keen to look it up. 

The part I found the most interesting, was the interview regarding the dolphin safe tuna label, which despite being a guarantee, if you believe the can, is in no way a guarantee. There is almost no people verifying this information and the few that are, well they could be partial to a bribe to look the other way. Wild stuff, to say on camera in an interview. Also you license the use of this label, so it's really nothing more than a cash grab. Who knew? I mean, most cynics I would imagine, but this girl was genuinely shocked.

It is a difficult documentary to watch, the footage is quite graphic at times. If you are sensitive to that, I would advise caution.

I watched this on Netflix.

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