Poaching Wildlife In New York City | The New Yorker Documentary
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- čas přidán 5. 04. 2022
- In Daniel Lombroso’s “Greywater,” a Queens resident discovers an alleged wildlife- poaching ring in his backyard. An investigation reveals a deeper crisis of environmental injustice.
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They are breaking the law. Quit making excuses for them. It’s not just about eating contaminated seafood. They are breaking the regulations and putting stocks at risk.
Male Karen
These poachers aren’t hiding themselves, they literally have spot lights on their heads. Round them up and solve the problem
Yeah...give each one a $1000 ticket, I bet they will not be back! Like catching fish...in a pool with lights.
Lock them up in jail.
She should be very careful approaching people. It makes me nervous for her. People who feel like they are about to get in trouble can be dangerous!
Thanks for making this video.
How about you dare to engage your brain thinking and offering that thought, rather than an empty compliment?
@@johnsmith1474 I make videos for a living. I enjoy when people thank me for making them. I'm hoping my thanks brings the same joy.
@@ChristopherCampNYC - You might as well hope you win the lottery. What creative people appreciate is thoughtful input, positive or negative. Not empty thanks.
@@johnsmith1474 I'm a creative person. I would know. Thanking for making this is direct input on the subject/topic. Simply covering this topic speaks volumes.
No prob anytime.
As a new Yorker I would never eat anything out of the water. Half the time the water stinks.
Me too but even I know that water is bad
Coast Guard and Park Service and Sheriff offices need to see this!!!
It's not for personal consumption, they are straight up lying!
How do you know? Because they have squinty eyes!
@@ryanroberts1104 maybe people like us know because we actually live in New York and we see how these people do what they do they go out and they start selling this s*** on the streets or they bring it to their restaurants and they act like they're pouring stuff when they get caught doing this type of stuff but they're not with these people are doing is dangerous and could kill innocent people.
@@ryanroberts1104 and you sound completely racist by the way what you said is racist saying that they have squinty eyes that's racist you're a racist piece of garbage and to sit there and try to call someone else racist by saying a racist statement to them is a pretty stupid and makes you look pretty foolish.
EEEW!! The poor get poorer in their health. It particularly sucks that so many children’s intellectual potential and overall longevity is compromised. What a terrible situation. Some multicultural language education regarding this dangerous consumption is sorely needed. 😐
These people are not "poor." They are shop keepers and peddlers and store owners. They are capitalists.
it's not just education, needs to go with some social assistance
they arent poor, its their culture
Poor values culture.
Authorities worrying people harvesting their own food and not the supermarket. if truly toxic wildlife, then what is the government doing about stopping the pollution?
I never thought New York City would need game wardens 🤨
Now they do.
Why it is so difficult to recognize when we need more of them.
It's being done at another superfund site, Treasure Island in the San Francisco bay. Lucky for us, we have another superfund site called Bay Point that is quite popular for crabbing.
asians do this in SF and Oakland. used to live by the bay and used to see them all the time. ive seen this happening since the 90s. many of them sell their catch in china town fro cheap and then the shop owners can then sell for a lower price. this is why seafood is always much cheaper in china town and chinese restaurants
and whats wrong with it ? at least they are working hard to survive then beg on the streets ?
@@sdqsdq6274 they are selling poison to people thats whats wrong with it. not to mention the fish out of season which is a detriment to the environment. those turtles you saw in the video, well they are endangered. its greedy and barbaric, not to mention disgusting
@@sdqsdq6274 did he say there’s anything wrong with it?
@@sdqsdq6274 it's toxic and illegal. they dont read the signs. They will die of cancer.
That’s why I don’t shop at chinatowns, I don’t trust those places.,..wildlife should be left alone it serves a purpose in ecosystem…i am shocked so many here saying what is wrong with these practices…animal farms in many countries are regulated by government to set a standard for hygiene, safety, and prevent issues of animal cruelty
Mundy jr is such a character strong new York accent
I find it hard to believe that what they catch is for personal consumption and not for sale . There needs to be enforcement staff there continuously that speaks the language and also that goes into the markets educating and warning people about how dangerous it is and that it is illegal and there needs to be agencies on hand to help with their lack of food .
It’s probably both. At 1:00 minute into the video, local residents noticed numbers exploded during COVID. When you are barely getting by to begin with and lockdowns destroy your income, you will do anything to survive. Either way, it’s a terrible situation for the poor.
Do you go to China and expect everyone to know English, or do you learn Chinese before moving there? What gives aliens the right to move to America and not speak English? Grow up....
Karen
Shouldn’t there be a test to tell if they’ve eaten the personal consumption amounts they’ve claimed?
@Leanne Wesk Nobody is talking about going to a country as a tourist, champion. What's your point anyway? Should I change my stance on people living in countries without knowing the mother language because a few white people do it?
How about learning the native language of the country you're moving to and stop being a scumbag, is it really asking for too much? People shouldn't have to attempt to cater to your needs if you've taken no effort to learn the language. Period.
It needs to mention that this is a cultural problem more than a economic one as they idea of harvest regulations isn’t something that seems to be easily understood by Chinese Americans
"Regulations" in general are not something the chinese tend to understand, ever. Even when it has been clearly explained to them they pretend they don't know.
In close knit communities, word gets around. There are also signs with pictures. I have been all over the world, and am able to understand the pictures on the signs.
@@richw.6296 may be easy for you to understand for some reason they either unwilling or unable to understand the idea harvest regulations
They that culture needs to go back to China then. Liberals like you are so stupid that you will blame Trump for the turtles being poached
TRUMP2024
cute that u actually believed they were doing this to eat instead of selling it as street vendors... these ppl are most likely being paid to do this and someone is selling it to ppl without a care if they get sick or not.
probably somewhere in a chinatown no offense those people eat anything
Yeah I live in Brooklyn and I know two places that you can sell fish to, and they pay pretty good for them too and they don't care what kind of fish it is they'll buy anything! But I personally don't believe in that because It could get people very sick or even possibly cause someone to die, there's a reason that they have health regulations in place and the FDA and all the other things
‘Cute that you actually believe’ … your cynicism may be well placed but the fact is that whatever the motivation these people are driven to their actions by poverty and need. Pull your head out of your dark place and wake up - we all play a role in this Nick …
@@john-brady Right now the US technically has 1.8 jobs open for every unemployed worker. Hopefully they can apply to one.
I went to school with someone in third grade named John Brady
Hope they've thought of lining the edge of the water with signs in several languages - explaining that it is illegal and unsafe to fish
The people are not stupid, they are thieves. Thieves ignore signs.
the signs are already there.
Signs are already there and have been for years. Warning that 'Fish caught in these waters are unsafe to eat.'
If I recall the signs are in English , Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, but it's been years since I was there
if they don't care about catching toxic animals and feeding them to other innocent people without those people knowing about it then I highly doubt they would care about a sign.
these people know very well what they're doing and they know very well they can kill somebody by feeding them these animals.
It's horrific to see the way turtles are cooked alive in oiled pans. It ain't quick.
Tbh most of the folks do it for recreation as well. doesnt have to be tied to community food insecurity as it is painted in this video.
nah, ya eating this crap
If it was recreational they wouldn't need that many.
no these people aren't doing it for recreation they're doing it so they can sell the stuff half the time these people aren't even poor they own restaurants and Street vendors and stuff and they sell these to people to eat not caring in the world that they can actually kill somebody by feeding them these things I know for a fact because I live in New York.
Their selfish @$$holes thats why they take so many.
They are doing it because they can…
Information on websites is no good to people who do not own a computer.
Who don't own a phone? Who doesn't own a phone?
They do this in Pelham Bay Park as well. A relative went to release a turtle that her elderly neighbor didn't want but after being released it was caught by some fishing people and in their cooler it went 😆. So sad but there are very few park rangers and they don't take action against things like this.
let’s make our own park ranger unit then. i’m in
but sent Ukraine 800 million? wake up America. Wake up!!!
So the lady is out there stopping poachers at night? She must believe in life after death!
Shes doing the right thing.
@@jakestone3738 till she lose her life doing it
not sure if it was because of editing... but all the interactions with the people poaching was 'you can't do this' rather than 'hey, this will kill people'
Obviously wildlife officers are needed to site people for poaching.
Site? Like, give them a "sitation"?
Come on down to Chinatown for the freshest sea food
very informative
Language barrier? in the year 2022? With access to interpreters at every which turn? Heck just type what you want into google translate. If they really cared, they would actually do something about it. Seems like lip service to me.
I don’t see what race has to do with how much a person receives, that’s such an ignorant conclusion.
Feel sad it's probably part of their culture. I thought they were going after pigeons though
It's a part of every culture - it's called, humans are often sleazy and irresponsible.
any thing that can be eaten for free.
theyll eat anytrhing
"Part of their culture"...you mean, blatant disregard for laws, and putting dirty things in their mouth?
Says to me....watch out what type pf restaurants you eat in. Locally had squirrel poachers who took them for city restaurant.
this
I guarantee alot will end up at a market or a restaurant plate. Its very common.
That is so gross…
@@ycaceres3357 just think ChinaTown
I have seen this kind of poaching. Taking buckets and buckets of fish. But the people doing it, all of Chinese heritage, seem to have nice cars and gear. They enjoy fishing with nets as an activity, and likely they sell most of their catch. This nice documentary ignores that dozens of people catching buckets and buckets of juvenile fish may impact the population of those species and their predators. Many fish are not resident, but migratory, so the contamination may not be the main issue as with crabs. There is very little enforcement where I go. there have been tensions and fight between old-timers who go fishing with a rod and reel, and newcomer Chinese who overfish with nets.
I like this documentary but I think it overplays the food insecurity aspect, while there is an environmental impact.
Call INS.
@@DWilliam1 Good luck with that! do you know how long the INS has ceased to exist? Decades.
@@stefpix ICE or whatever. You know what I meant. Don’t be a Richard.
@@DWilliam1 Times change, and it is important to be accurate. Many are naturalized immigrants. So it should be NYS DEC or US NPS to enforce this.
@@stefpix Please, I was not speaking about naturalized citizens. You know this. Only those here illegally who would be affected by calling the government on them.
No those are Asian immigrants and they are doing it they do it because it's free and they are Country.
Doesnt a state likè new York have marine pateol officers to protect their sea life and not people acting like its their job?
So your family oversaw this "dumping ground" for generations?
Yeah...I thought that was funny. He means his family have been dirty losers for generations.
NYC doesn’t even care about shootings this will never be addressed 😂
The company of GE really should be forced to pay for all the cleanup and then be put out of business for good.
Wow. You have such an incredibly tiny brain and literally no understanding whatsoever of how the world works. You have a potato for a brain.
'Feed my family' BS. Its being sold to local markets and passed onto the population.
Why not put signs everywhere around beaches in every language to communicate it may help.
So sad.
I suggest that these people go to their nearest Social Services Office and apply for some Food Stamps so that they can feed their families and stop taking fish, crabs and turtles out of the contaminated waters of Jamaica Bay.
Get food stamps & stop killing ocean/sea life
A shame we have ruined our earthly paradise.
Why is Rockaway Beach open to the public then!?
Should I be kayaking in these waters?
Is it really bad if u grow a third arm
I agree if you don't read the laws before you fish or hunt you get ticket should read first
What a shame!
Smh. Have u driven pass that Bay?? IT STINKS OF SEWAGE!!
Dame 😲😲
5:28 I didn't know Rocky Balboa was the director for the Institute for Health and the Environment! lol
Wow that’s crazy I use to go fishing with my family in Jamaica bay you see the A TRAIN Passing by and planes landing at JFK and you can see the city with the sunset
Well, if you’re hungry and don’t want you’re kids to go without…. However, there have long been people who do illegal fishing, large scale, and sell it to restaurants! Let the diner beware!
I didn’t even know there was wildlife in New York City LOL
They should all go to jail.....
How about stop polluting ....
Even the wild life isn't safe in NYC
Thank you genetics or whatever for making me allergic to shellfish
I hope people get real sick after eating it!
Good reason to avoid Chinese restaurants.
that is where they are headed.
Racist much?
Looks like Charles Park in Howard Beach.
No pictures of the culprits?
So if the waters in Jamaica Bay we’re cleaner would this be a problem?
Yes. This documentary focuses on the food quality aspect. But the real problem is that juvenile fish are being taken along with adult fish. The fish populations can't properly repopulate and this will lead to them be locally extinct in the area.
8:24 her face says she doesn't even believe the garbage shes saying ahhaha.
Was a paradise in 1657
I could see people doing this just for fun. Catch and release. I wouldn't eat anything out of that sewer. I actually wouldnt want the water on my skin either. I've worked in hazmat my whole life and know better.
its the chineese
let them do it then. They will just have to pay for it with their lives. Fair.
What a sad world we live in. The shot showing other countries filling their waters with waste should be worrying. We won’t be able to live like this for long.
If this is America enforce American Laws.
Yea reps, let's define the EPA. Why should major pollutant generating companies be forced decrease their share holder earnings in order to clean up their own waste?
Maybe you should take responsibility and close the waterways.
It's really sad how really stupid people can be
lots of those turtles are baby ones turned loose, on the west coast here mitten crabs have been turned loose and or in bilge water in ships and clog up pumping stations, instead of allowing them to be harvested, the state does nothing, but striped bass that had been planted and non native are fished for sport, so money talks, instead of care taking of the environment..and the russians have been poaching sturgeon for the caviar eggs illegaly and there is so much mercury on the bottom of the rivers you can only eat so many fish
Que the racial grievances in 3... 2... 1...
I’ll patrol!! where do i sign up????
Those are fresh water turtles though ?
i seend dis wen i was riding one day
I wouldn't swim, or eat anything out of that water. It looks gross
that lady needs to be careful you can hide bodies in that mud
LOL they're wearing $300 hip waders $100 light $30 fishing net I'm sure they can afford to eat I'm sure they all drove down there in their cars
Eww like who would eat that ..its toxic that water is NOT CLEAN
Mmm that good ol' New York water. The infamous liquid that makes bagels taste so much better. OK there buddy.
If you have never been poor I mean truly poor you have no idea what you’ll do to obtain food. The poaching must be stopped that’s indisputable but we can still be humane about the solution. And yes those people who are not poor but still see it as a source to feed others and sell to restaurants they must be more than fined.
Just goes to show you how filthy New York is, but they preach to the rest of us about the environment.
The city really can’t afford to hire 5 or 10 ranger out there every night, to send a message to this people hunting
They're friends went over for a big crab dinner lol
They just don't know the water is dirty
Oh they know, they just don't care. That's why things like covid always start in china.
10:15 That lady has ingested lots of PCB's !
Could be there getting bait but I highly doubt it
"Poaching"? Around here it is called "crabbing"... Or fishing etc.
So you poach then, do you?
@@adamarzo559 Nope... Around here you can pretty much eat anything that doesn't eat you first - in the proper season of course.
I mean no disrespect, but I knew this would involve Chinese.
This isn’t specifically a Chinese issue. Let’s be real, plenty of white fishermen also overfish waters with their fishing boats and what not.
@@accordiongordon it’s older Asians ..just get a grip a population that does what they want to do and don’t like asking for help
The Amazon Rainforest is also under attack hundreds of acres at a time. Just Saying
who is this activist?! please contact me i want to help!
They never would have done this story if an asian female journalist wasn't down. They'd be too shook to have anyone else cover this story bc they think it'll look xenophobic.
They dont care. They will just pretend to not understand English. Plus these people are too uneducated to know how toxic their catch is.
This stuff is going to Asian live seafood stores or hunts point for sale don’t buy anything in these markets like 86th street 9th ave etc
Excuses...arrest and prosecute
What was done in one hundre years is beyond imagination such devastation when mankind congregate in numbers the natives just harvested and were nomadic then the Dutch came pity now isn't it
Fresh Local Seafood that's sustainable
Fighting for the sickness of New York Waters. Kind of an oxymoron
I thought NY only had rats and stray cats.
Huge issue of poverty and job loss
BS.
We are importing poverty, you think all those people were born here?
Those turtles don't belong there anyways.. you call poaching, others call food..
This is the UnitedStates it’s poaching…
...."people"