Bycatch is one of the most devastating issues the ocean faces. Some estimates global bycatch may amount to 40% of the world’s catch which totals to 63 billion pounds per year. Bycatch kills 100+ million sharks per year, 250,000+ sea turtle per year,

Many people don’t realize their cosmetics and other products contain shark-derived products and they may be deceived at restaurants who have shark meat in their food but they are hidden under different names.

Shark finning is the practice of cutting a live sharks fins off and throwing it back into the ocean where the shark will sink and drown on the ocean floor.