300,000 whales and dolphins are killed each year because of industrial and especially illegal fishing.

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

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

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.

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