Bait to Plate
What can YOU do?
Next time you go to the grocery store, see how many logos you can spot!!
Making sure your seafood is properly labelled is another key sign that it was likely caught legally.
Check out Dive Deep’s Instagram post on proper seafood labelling.
Tracking Illegally Caught Fish, How Does it Work?
There are many checkpoints and loop holes when it comes to processing fish from bait to your plate.
Often times, we cannot regulate what goes on at sea or track each fish to ensure it was caught in accordance with legal regulations. That is why 1 in 5 fish is estimated to be caught illegally!
What Makes a Fish Illegal?
For a fish to be considered caught illegally, it depends on which country’s waters it was caught in and what those country’s fishing legislations are.
Did You Know
- It is illegal in Hawaii to fish for sharks
- Mexico permanently banned gillnets in the upper Gulf of California. READ ARTICLE
See for Yourself!
Take a look at the “Bait to Plate: Tracking Illegally Caught Fish Cycle” poster to see the process from bait to your plate. DOWNLOAD PDF
Carefully pay attention to the red fish. They represent illegally caught fish. Observe when, where, and how illegally caught fish enter the legal system.