The central point of the film is that rubbish and by-catch from commercial fishing may be the biggest source of ocean pollution. The reason why this is not widely recognized is because of money and interests. At the end of the film, it is also mentioned that on land, aquaculture is a major cause of pollution. Eating fish and meat instead of fish is the most effective measure, but it has to think about its feasibility.
From ancient times to the present, fish is almost an indispensable food on the table of most people, and it may even be the "source of happiness" for some people. The push required to change this eating habit, and the resistance encountered, would be unimaginable.
Fishing and aquaculture are also the source of income for many people. Of course, it is not advisable to enslave free labor. However, for the vast majority of ordinary practitioners, if the status quo of the fishery and aquaculture industry cannot be changed while ensuring their source of life, then this change will be very difficult. It is difficult to happen. After all, for many people, in the face of immediate survival dilemma, the fate of animals and future suffering are insignificant.
Animals and humans have the same ability to perceive, so the fact that animals should not be eaten seems to bring a little ethical color. But cannibalism and carnivore hunting in which big fish eat small fish seems more cruel. If you forbid yourself not to eat living animals, do you also need to prohibit animals from eating living animals? The latter is necessarily impossible.
The problem with the solution of eating artificial meat is whether the existing research results are enough to prove that long-term consumption will not have any negative effects on people, not only physical but also psychological.
The problems of indiscriminate fishing and slave labor need to be solved urgently, and it is reasonable to curb the uncontrolled and unnecessary appetite to reduce demand. But the social, economic, psychological, ethical, religious, etc. implications of changing basic eating habits cannot be answered by a documentary or a researcher.
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