A billion people a year rely on the sea for their daily food source. In years to come, millions more will depend on this same resource. At the current fishing rate, there will be far less ocean life to sustain a much higher world population. Technology has accelerated the commercial fishing industry's ability to locate and harvest vast amounts of fish stock.

The techniques employed are often cruel and indiscriminate: long lines and drift nets are amongst the most insidious killers of sea life. They snare everything that falls within their path, from sea lions and dolphins to rare basking sharks and even endangered whales. The practice of shark finning (removing the fins for food) has skyrocketed.

The World Wildlife Federation states that up to 100 million sharks are killed every year. Alongside this, the pollution of our ocean waters is destroying the habitats of thousands of marine wildlife, threatening the very existence of many species.

Bound up in this cycle are the vast quantities of krill, tiny planktonic custraceansm that provide a vital link in the global food chain, to feed some of the largest and smallest creatures in the sea. Eliminating any of these food sources creates devastating consequences. Ocean wildlife was able to successfully sustain its balance for millions of years. Not until human interference came into play did this balance become seriously upset, affecting the plight of our marine life dramatically and, as a consequence, the future of humanity as a whole.