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- Title
Seaspiracy's Nightmarish Odyssey.
- Authors
HUNZIKER, ROBERT
- Abstract
At its heart, Seaspiracy depicts the fishing war zone as epitomized by the callous slaughter of sharks. Seaspiracy discovered Japan's national fixation on whales and dolphins extends to mass slaughter in the south of the country at Taiji, where dolphins and small whales are rounded up for an annual kill-off. Taiji's annual dolphin slaughter: Fishermen bang poles against the hulls of their boats to herd the dolphins into a cove where they are slaughtered, every day during the duration of this bloody celebration. MAY 14, 2021 The opening scene of the film sets the tone with a long-shot of an isolated fishing trawler at sea as the voice-over of a former fishing vessel crew member, who escaped forced slavery after 10 years non-stop at sea, exclaimed: "When ships are in the middle of the ocean.
- Subjects
FISHERIES; FISH farming; SALMON farming; MARINE food chain; WHALING
- Publication
CounterPunch, 2021, p1
- ISSN
1086-2323
- Publication type
Article