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Net Fishing Boats - Speech - By Ashlee

Argument speech Net fishing boats.

Net fishing boats.          By Ashlee.

As you may know I love fishing, I have been to competitions, everything. But there is one thing that I think makes fishing bad… Net fishing boats. Net fishing boats are cheats as my family says.

Net fishing boat fishing is called commercial fishing, this is where you have a giant ship with nets on either side or out of the bottom of the boat. These boats can stay out at sea for as long as six months, storing thousands of tons of fish onboard in giant freezer compartments. This leads to them catching thousands of fish which could be for animals like larger fish, sharks and even seals. These kind of boats have taken out a large amount of fish. In fact, 90 percent of large fish populations have been exterminated over the past 50 years.

These kinds of nets hurt animals, but these animals are getting more than hurt, they are also getting killed just by getting caught in a net. Animals like dolphins, turtles, seals,

whales and other non-target fish who get tangled in nets and hooked by long-lines and nets are termed “bycatch” and are thrown overboard. They fall as a victim to swarming birds or slowly bleed to death in the water.

If the fish are still alive at the end of their terrifying  journey to the surface, most have their gills cut and bleed out or are tossed onto ice to slowly freeze or suffocate to death. A horribly cruel and painful death for cold-blooded animals, who can take a very long time to freeze or suffocate to death. Scientists estimate that fish endure up to 15 minutes of excruciating pain before they lose consciousness.

These boats are taking fish that other animals eat. As for instance, the Narwhale, these animals have a strict diet which means they only eat certain food. Some of these net fishing boats focus on a certain fish to catch. As for the Narwhals they eat a popular fish which is used for sushi. So their food is getting taken away as well as that is happening to other animals to. So these animals will start starving, which is obviously not the best thing to happen.

I hope the information that I have shared to you convinces you that these boats are environmentally horrible and should be banned.  After learning all this sad information my friend and I are thinking about going vegetarian for 30 days because we both think that the things that are happening aren’t right.