Overexploitation - one of the main causes of biodiversity loss -

This is the second Episode of the ‘Our Planet, Our Response Series’, sponsored by Octopus Energy.
See the full series here: bit.ly/3C8bDf6
In this Episode, we follow Charlie Young’s (biologist and wildlife presenter) response to the biodiversity-loss driver, ‘Overexploitation’. From addressing what overexploitation is, how it is a driver of biodiversity loss and what we can do to reduce this problem.
So, now you’ve heard our response… what’s yours?
Next Steps: (@ecosapien and @earthmintuesuk on Instagram)
Episode Features:
Randall Mabwa, Blue Ventures: blueventures.org/
OPOR Series:
We’re a team of biologists, environmental researchers and filmmakers making a Series in response to the recent David Attenborough’s documentary ‘A Life on our Planet’ (2020); investigating how we can drive impactful action to protect our planet and our futures.
Who are we? This is a collaboration between EcoSapien (@ecosapien) and Earth Minutes (@earthmintuesuk) - BTS coming soon (October 2021)
In this Series, we address key drivers of biodiversity loss; Overexploitation (Episode 2), Pollution (Episode 3), Invasive Species (Episode 4) and Climate Change (Episode 5). Each Episode addresses possible actions we can take to drive impact in the long-term. Featuring a range of experts, from biologists, campaigners to sustainability leaders, we’re celebrating a diverse range of ideas, experiences, knowledge and actions.
Thank you Octopus Energy for Sponsoring this Series!
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Useful links
A few online sources of up-to-date news about marine biodiversity/conservation:
1. www.sciencedaily.com/news/pla...
2. news.mongabay.com/list/marine...
3. www.marinebio.org/news/
4. www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c10...
A list of marine organisations you could get involved with:
2. fishact.org/
3. marine-conservation.org/
4. www.futureoffish.org/
5. blueventures.org/
Find out who your MP is: members.parliament.uk/members...
Contacting your MP: www.parliament.uk/get-involve...
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References
Scheffer, M., Carpenter, S. & Deyoung, B. (2005). Cascading effects of overfishing marine systems. Trends in ecology & evolution, 20: 579-81.
Pauly, D., Christensen, V., Dalsgaard, J., Froese, R. and Torres, F. (1998) Fishing down marine food webs. Science, 279: 860-863.
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♪Thanks to Artlist for the great music
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Image Credits
Fishing Northeast Atlantic
•picryl.com/
Large Predatory Fish
•Pollock, Pollachius virens, in Ozeaneum public aquarium, Stralsund, German - Tino Strauss
•Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images [e-mail] wellcomeimages.org Above, a salmon; middle, a common cod; below, a haddock. Coloured lithograph. Published: -
•Cod. Gadus callarias - Smith, Hugh M. (1907) Fishes of North Carolina, North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, vol.II, Raleigh, NC: E. M. Uzzell & Co.
Small Fish and Invertebrates
•Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, 52mm SL. Lower Chesapeake Bay, Mathews County, VA - 06/12/13. Caught by VIMS Trawl Survey. Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
•Sprat from the Southern North Sea - Hans Hillewaert
•Русский: Chionoecetes tanneri в Научном музее ДВФУ (г. Владивосток) - A. C. Tatarinov
•Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken "Voyages de la Commission scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe" av ukjent forfatter og utgitt av Arthus BertrandParis : Arthus Bertrand, 1842-1855 (Paris, 185?) - Christian Thornam
•Northern sand lance, Ammodytes dubius, 94mm SL. Lower Chesapeake Bay, VA (Location forthcoming). Caught by VIMS Trawl Survey. Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center -Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Zooplankton
•Веслоногие ракообразные разных видов - Andrei Savitsky
•Hyperia macrocephala - Uwe Kils
•Zooplankton. Octopus and pteropod - Matt Wilson/Jay Clark, NOAA NMFS AFSC.
•Glaucus_atlanticus_1 - Taro Taylor from Sydney, Australia derivative work
•Antarctic krill Euphausia superba - Uwe Kils - Photo by Professor Dr. habil.
•Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) at Gota Sagher (Red Sea, Egypt) - Alexander Vasenin

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The uk is still operating as if it is an Empire. We do not have the living space to play Fr Xmas to the 3rd world. Our own act needs a radical clean up 1st. Farmers spraying pesticides is idiotic. Field rotation is how they managed in the past. It is the same with the sea as this video describes so well. Brexit is good for the planet,not just uk fisherman. All remoaners want is subsidy as if the world had infinite resources. We all need to be far more local and use less fossil fuel. We need to support our own natives and stop trading with the 3rd world at prices they can't possibly compete with. Food and farming subsidy needs to stop 1st. Otherwise the West/developed world think they live in a land of cheap and plenty. It is grotesque that we are overweight. We should be ashamed of our comprehensive greed.