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Why are marine conservation organisations encouraging people to eat ocean wildlife?\"\"Atlantic cod swim under a shipwreck laden with invertebrates in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary<\/em><\/p>

The Good Fish Guide, the Sustainable Seafood Guide, Seafood Watch, most well-known marine conservation organisations have a site dedicated to promoting the consumption of the very animals they purport to conserve. Think of it like the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) having a Good\/Sustainable Bird Guide and you'll start to see why this is a problem.<\/p>

Fish are so inextricably associated with food that even the people charged with their protection can't separate their exploitation from their conservation.<\/p>

Blue Planet Society recognised this problem years ago. We ran a campaign on social media called #Wildlife4Sale<\/a> and started the hashtag #FishAreWildlifeToo<\/a>.<\/p>

In the UK, cod, haddock, mackerel and tuna are the only wild animals most people will ever eat. We catch so many of these fish that we\u2019re pushing some species to the brink of extinction with disastrous consequences for the marine environment.<\/p>

If we're to properly protect the ocean it\u2019s time to think differently. We must start recognising fish as wildlife, not food.<\/p>

That's why we've launched the #FishAreWildlife<\/a> campaign featuring these four iconic but heavily exploited fish species.<\/p>

Overexploitation has pushed the ocean to breaking point. In the developed world seafood is an easily avoided luxury. If you consider yourself ethical, we need to stop eating marine wildlife. \"\"
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