US Voters Want More Ocean Protections

New polling by Oceana has shown that US voters favor increased safeguards for our oceans.

Highlights of the polling show clear interest in a wide range of topics, from the protection of whales to the use of slave labor in seafood production. These include:

  • 91% do not want seafood caught using slave labor or human trafficking to be allowed into the US.
  • 87% of respondents support policies to protect oceans, rivers, and lakes from plastic pollution.
  • 75% support the introduction of policies aimed at reducing single-use plastics.
  • 86% of respondents think North Atlantic right whales should be protected from human-caused threats. 
  • 81% support the government in introducing policies to prevent the right whales from going extinct. 

You can find the full poll results here

Sam Helmy

Sam Helmyhttps://www.deeperblue.com

Sam Helmy is a TDI/SDI Instructor Trainer, and PADI Staff and Trimix Instructor. Diving for 28 years, a dive pro for 14, I have traveled extensively chasing my passion for diving. I am passionate about everything diving, with a keen interest in exploration, Sharks and big stuff, Photography and Decompression theory. Diving is definitely the one and only passion that has stayed with me my whole life! Sam is a Staff Writer for DeeperBlue.com

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