Similar to bottom trawling, the lines are indiscriminate, meaning that bycatch is also a huge issue. Every year, around 650,000 whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions and turtles are killed because of the fishing industry106 – the equivalent of more than one every minute. On top of that, it is estimated that 100 million sharks are killed each year, either for their fins through illegal fishing or unintentionally as bycatch.107 It is also estimated that 10 per cent of all fish caught are discarded,108 which means many species are being fished to the brink of extinction simply as an unintended
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