Dead Sharks in Fish Meal Factory in Shidao

Dead sharks on a dock in Shidao, Shandong, China.
In the background trucks are loaded with frozen and compressed trash fish. Inedible for humans, the trash fish are processed for use as aquaculture feed.

In original language:

码头上的鲨鱼尸体

2016年12月17日，山东石岛码头，除了正在装车的饲料鱼，还有正被当做货物卸下的鲨鱼尸体，这些鲨鱼将主要被用于加工鱼翅。渔获中的鲨鱼大多来自渔船的兼捕，据估计每年捕捞量在1万到1万5千吨左右，这些对鲨鱼种群来说都属于非必要性死亡。

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Overfishing of Juvenile Fish in China

In December 2016, Greenpeace documented the intense overfishing of juvenile and "trash" fish - fish too young and/or too small for human consumption - in Shandong province, one of the major fishery regions in China. Greenpeace East Asia's investigation estimates that up to one third of China's total annual catch is "trash fish" - that is equivalent to the entire annual catch of Japan.
Overfishing over the past 30 years has destroyed much of the cycle of life in China’s waters. As result there are fewer and fewer mature fish. What’s left are quantities of juvenile fish, called “trash fish” by fishermen. Inedible for humans, the trash fish are processed for use as aquaculture feed. China has the world’s largest aquaculture industry. It consumes more than 7 million of domestic wild fish yearly and that demand is driving intensive fishing of juvenile fish. A vicious cycle causing even more damage to China’s seas.

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Unique identifier: GP0STQYHZ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 17/12/2016

Locations: Asia, China, East Asia, Shandong

Size: 7372px × 4917px 13.64 MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)