Cristina Zenato Instagram – Happy and at the same time tired and frustrated.
I am feeling both because in the last few days it has been a continued hook removal, to find more hooks.
The reasons? Multiple, including visiting vessels who tie up to the moorings and fish where they should not but mostly because I am hurting seeing the sharks continously pierced through in so many different places.
From March 27th through April 2nd these have been the hooks and the removals:
Crook: 2 hooks, one piercing through the side of the face- this last one removed, the other one invisible to the eye, I was only able to cut most of the line.
Nacho: 1 hook, removed
Half Baked: one hook, removed, showed up with two more both swallowed, only the lines showing will be almost impossible to remove
Vulcan: 1 hook, removed, 1 more hook two days later, removed
Liz: 1 hook removed, 1 more hook two days later, not removed
Peggy: 1 hook removed, no more hooks
New Shark (Prickly Nose is the tentative name) one hook, line visible streaming from the gills, hook impossible to detect.
I hope the stories of these sharks, the continuous presence of hooks, the issues that these hooks cause brings more attention to the pressure we are putting on the ocean.
These sharks, in this location, are nothing but a small, minute corner of the world, an example of what as humans we are doing to our planet.
I also hope it will show people how each one of us can make a difference; as always I am not advocating for going out there and trying to remove hooks from sharks we don’t know or we are not equipped to do, but we can change the way we consume, the way we manage our carbon footprint (from using less plastic to less chemicals for example) and the way we eat.
Using my @neptunic_com stainless steel suit (20lbs) to safely remove hooks.
Video and support by @kewinlorenzen | Posted on 03/Apr/2024 16:56:28
