
You wouldn’t want to be kicked, thrown, suffocated, or hacked to death on a chopping block-and neither do they. Then, if they are still alive, fishers often cut their gills and leave them to bleed out or toss them onto ice to freeze or suffocate slowly. So, when massive commercial-fishing nets rip the animals from their homes, pack them so tightly that their eyes may burst out of their skulls, drag their sensitive scales along the ocean floor, and force them to undergo decompression-which often ruptures their bladders and pushes their stomachs out of their mouths-fish likely experience an excruciating, terrifying journey to the surface. Fish experience pain in a way similar to humans, communicate in complex ways (herrings, for example, signal each other by farting), and can feel fear. Fish feel.Įach fish is an individual with a unique personality and the desire to live. Here are six eye-opening truths from Netflix’s Seaspiracy: 1.


Created by the same team that made the illusion-shattering feature Cowspiracy, Seaspiracygoes below the surface to reveal the depths of cruelty in the global fishing industry.

If you’re wondering how detrimental eating fish is, sea for yourself: In the new Netflix documentary Seaspiracy, director Ali Tabrizi lays bare how commercial fishing devastates marine animals-and what will happen if humans continue to consume fish.
