A vegan lifestyle can have a positive impact on the general health of the planet we share, however, it is not the solution to saving the oceans. Evidence suggests that a vegan lifestyle can lessen the amount of polluting runoff generated by the meat production industry which includes factory farming. In general nutritionally rich, fiber dense whole foods (the kind that should be the basis of a healthy vegan life style) require less packaging and their production produces less waste than does meat production and its associated agriculture. Even so, being vegan does not require you to give up driving a motorized vehicle, consuming electricity, heating your home, and many of the other daily activities that produce pollutants that end up in the oceans.

As the human population of the earth increases the strain on the environment that supports and sustains the population will continue to decline. As things stand we have only the plant and the oceans it includes to use up in the way that keeps us growing and consuming.  We are not on the earth after-all, but we are in fact what the earth is doing.  That which is consumed to fuel what the earth is doing as us is the earth itself.  The more done, the more fuel needed and the more resources depleted.  

Being vegan will not in and of itself save the oceans. Being vegan may however, place you in the best position to be aware of what impact your daily activities have on our world. While doing so, being vegan will also likely lessen your negative impact on the oceans.

Peace to You always.