Thursday the 28th I went to a talk by ocean conservation group The Black Fish. The group has set itself a mission to change attitudes towards our oceans and work to protect the life within them. I've always had a great love of the sea and all that lives within it. To produce work to support the ocean would be wonderful.
The talk was hosted by the Cowley club, a social club based on London road (http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk). The talk was mostly based around the issue of over fishing especially of tuna. Tuna, in particular blue fin tuna. Blue fin tuna is extremely popular and brings in a huge amount of money. Recently one blue fin tuna sold for 250 thousand pounds. Due to it's popularity the fish is coming very close to extinction and is reported to fall from existence in 3-4 years. Regulations have been put in place but there is such a lack in up keeping these rules.
Also mentioned in the talk was their fight against keeping dolphins and whales captive, a fight I am very much behind. At the moment there is a lot of concern for Morgan the killer whale who is currently captive in the Netherlands where experts are considering her release. Also being considered is selling Morgan to Sea World Florida.
The talk was really motivating and really informative. Hoping to stay in touch with the organization and hopefully be bale to produce some work for them!
http://www.theblackfish.org/
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