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Imagine not wanting your competitors or rabid environmentalists knowing where you are.

• causal 3y ago
  You don't need to be a "rabid environmentalist" to be alarmed by what is happening to our oceans: Ocean fish are being literally depleted, with bluefin tuna alone being down 97% from historical levels. [1] Commercial fleets use sonar to isolate and annihilate entire populations. Nets have been as wide as 50 miles, resulting in massive indiscriminate marine death as bycatch. Only 2.5km nets are legal now- still more than wide enough to result in a lot of bycatch, and there is no reason to assume these dark fleets are abiding by UN law. [2] [1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/sea-running-out-of-fish-despite-nations-pledges-to-stop https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/sea-runni... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_netting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_netting