Getting caught in fishing gear is the leading threat to
#whales,
#dolphins and other
#marinemammals. Yet every year around the world, more than 650,000 marine mammals die caught in nets or snagged on fishing hooks — a crisis euphemistically called “bycatch.”
To confront this massive threat, the Marine Mammal Protection Act requires the U.S. fishing industry to meet a set of standards for minimizing entanglement.
Join us in telling noaafisheries it's past time to ban seafood imports that don't meet U.S. standards at the link in our bio. 🐬 🐳