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The empty sea

By John Fairfax - posted Wednesday, 1 March 2017


It appears there is no scientific evidence big pod numbers of whales beached and died years ago, or, that the present increase in pod size stranding is natural.

The numbers of ocean mammals stranding and dying in this day and age are increasing . Records are now being broken, worldwide, Ireland and NZ in one month alone.

Photo evidence of beached whales shows evidence of starvation, sunken areas of body, less rounded body, emaciation.

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Empirical evidence shows fish populations devastated worldwide.

Fishing may not be the cause even though it appears to be.

Fishing boats are visible on the surface but there is likely another cause.

Most farmers are aware animals do not breed successfully when starving.

Despite years and years of fishing restrictions wild fish are still not re-populating as they should be. Fish are not immune to starvation either.

Seagrass nurseries on which small food-web fish depend, on which big fish and ocean animals depend, are also now generally devastated worldwide.

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Sewage nutrient overload is proliferating algae, algae is smothering seagrass.

Seagrass has economic and ecological value.

Oceans are now impacted by over 7 billion humans.

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