If what the new Netflix documentary “Seaspiracy” claims is anywhere close to true then it’s more a horror film than a documentary. You need to watch it

“Seaspiracy examines the global fishing industry, challenging notions of sustainable fishing and showing how human actions cause widespread environmental destruction.” Whilst the new Netflix documentary Seaspiracy is a shocking watch and that’s putting it mildly, I would also suggest that from a bit of reading around that at the very least the filmmakers have an agenda and they know how to press the right buttons. We need to have an open mind here, but if you have any interest at all in the oceans and what as a species we are doing to them, you need to watch Seaspiracy. Bloody hell it’s a shocking watch, and I use the word bloody very deliberately. You will understand why when you see it, and I reckon that like me you will go through a whole range of emotions as the film unfolds.

If it’s all gospel then it’s bloody terrifying what is really happening out there on the oceans - out of sight, out of mind? - and if only 50% of what the Seaspiracy film makers claim is actually the truth then the word disgrace doesn’t even come close to how we as a species continue to behave towards this planet we call home. As anglers we at least have more of a clue than most other people as to how the commercial sector simply is not this little wooden boat thing of heading out to sea in some romantic notion of feeding one’s family because that’s what the previous generations did. Bollocks to that with what we see and know is going on out there and also far too close inshore. There are various reasons to be more cheerful about the state of the UK today as we begin to slowly open up again, but as a human being with an interest in fishing and the natural world you really need to try and watch Seaspiracy. Crumbs……………..