70% of marine wildlife entanglements involve abandoned plastic fishing nets, also known as "ghost nets".

Humpback whales communicate with complex songs that can be as loud as the sound of a jet plane (around 150 decibels).

For every pound of trawled shrimp, up to six pounds of "bycatch” is also captured, including turtles and dolphins.

12-15 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year, killing one million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals.

Illegal fishing accounts for an estimated 11-26 million tons of the annual catch of fish globally.

If not for whaling, ship strikes, pollution and entanglement in fishing gear, some whales could live for over 200 years.