Stop Fish Bombing
April 26, 2016 | interesting
| Is There a Better Way to Catch Fish Other Than Bombs?
Fish bombing (also known as ‘dynamite fishing’, or ‘blast fishing’) is a destructive fishing practice in which typically homemade bombs are dropped into the ocean or onto the seabed. Shock waves produced by the explosion either stun or kill fish, some of which are then collected from the surface while the rest sink to the seabed. Fish bombing not only targets fish but all other surrounding marine life, as well as destroying the coral reef which takes many decades to recover.
Stop Fish Bombing! is developing underwater bomb detection technology to help detect
and ultimately eradicate this destructive practice, forever.
The problem is to not only stop the bombing but find another solution for those doing the bombing.