After exploring the Botanical Gardens, Hospital Bridge and Mouth, located within the Pioneer River Catchment, it is evident the major impact human influence and industrial practices have had on the river. From exploring the Pioneer River, the main issues were faeces, litter, urbanisation, roads, bridges the use of concrete and fishing. At the Botanical Gardens dog faeces was seen. (See Figure 1.3) This is hazardous as the biodiversity can be effected if it is washed into waterways.…
Oceans cover approximately 70% of the Earth’s surface and are vital to life around the globe. Beneath the surface of the sea lies copious amounts of life in countless forms. The ocean provides food and jobs for people around the globe. The harvesting of sea animals has become a massive industry in recent times. The beauty of the ocean has also caused the industry of tourism to flourish.…
Overfishing Fishing is usually not contemplated when considering how us humans cripple the earth. Although, when the topic is pondered, the more fishing truly is correlated with harming the environment. The oceans occupy three fourths of the world, and they are filled with, shockingly enough, fish. When the fish are taken away from the ocean in astronomical rates, the consequences may be disastrous. Sylvia Earle, a well known oceanographer stated, “We have learned that we are absolutely utterly dependent on the ocean.…
This author discusses how various recreational activities are mistreating marine animals, trying to get better animal conditions. The argument is whether or not people should close down some marine attractions. Be that as it may, the Author has given only a slight view into an opposing perspective, did not present many source.…
Solutions for overfishing could be stricter rules and people to enforce them, more frequently. A very negative way humans have affected the lake is the pollution, in and around the lake.…
The slaughter of dolphins in the waters of the Asian gulf is a concerning aspect of overfishing. Overfishing has also become incredibly detrimental to our marine ecosystems with the mass disruption of the food chain. According to X, threats to coral reef health are worryingly high, as these ecosystems of our oceans are becoming unhealthy and dying off gradually. The species of fish who would dwell in these regions are now unable…
Though overfishing and lack of proper fisheries management has left much of the world in a critical situation, that’s not the case everywhere. Alaska’s fisheries are some of the most environmentally friendly and economically booming businesses in the world. Every year fishermen harvest hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of fish and shellfish from their waters. Fishery managers have created a system that successfully creates abundant annual fishing seasons that practically eliminates overfishing and environmental destruction. Under Alaska’s sustainable-fishing rules, which are some of the strictest in the world, these rules help prevent the overfishing that has brought ocean’s elsewhere to near catastrophe.…
Blue Whales, the largest animals in the world so far, are facing with the situation of being extinct, as they have been harvested for a long time, making the population decrease to 50,000. In the early 20 century, people took up whaling for the energy sources, and the meat and fat of whales can be used in different ways. Since the price of whale meat is really high, many people regard the profit as the chief motivation, caring less about the ecological system. There were about 66000 whales being killed during a hunting season in 1961 and till the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned whaling, the number of whales has decreased 99% of it’s total population.…
In Marta Coll’s article “Ecosystem Overfishing in the Ocean”, she explains the global effects of deep-ocean overfishing. Coll describes how overfishing destroys fish populations, damages ocean ecosystems, and causes economic instability (2008, p. 1). Overfishing is the unsustainable harvest of fish for market. Fisheries are overfished to create more profits in the short term for fishermen, who collect a large percentage of a fish population to sell. The removal of the fish from the ecosystem destroys the entire food web, down to the trophic level (Coll, 2008, p.2).…
A different reason is the whaling. Whales are icons of our oceans. Because of the hunting from whales there are not much whales species left. There was an agreement 30 years ago but the rules getting ignored so the whales still get hunted. If the government would take care about the protection of whales it would be a sign that they are serious about the protection of the ocean.…
In “Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1997)”, American writer Mark Kurlansky vividly tells the entire tale of cod: the tragic tale of the depleted fishing resource where once the cod’s numbers were legendary. Within the book, he detailedly tell what cause downfall of the abundant cod, and how new technologies increased overfishing. Through the prosperity and depletion of COD, the author shows the change of human civilization and triggers the deep thinking of human behavior and environmental protection. The cod has a long fishing history.…
When buying fish at the store or eating at a seafood restaurant most people don’t give much thought to where the food they’re eating came from beyond “the ocean.” Even less consideration is put into how the fish was caught or if the practice is sustainable. Today’s mentality is all about instant gratification regardless of future consequences, whether it be health or environmental risk. Many people may think the Ocean is an inexhaustible source of food because it covers over 70% of the Earths surface and is as deep as many of the largest mountains are tall. This assumption is incorrect and in part feeds into the reason why over-fishing occurs.…
Millions of sea animals are killed every year as a result of consuming pollution that is made up of manmade plastic in the ocean. In an effort to wake up the human population and make them realize what they are doing to the environment, the Endangered Wildlife Trust created an advertisement to make people stop and think about what they are putting into the world. With the use of rhetoric, the author reaches out to everyone to show them that their actions have consequences. The purpose of the ad is to demonstrate the negative effectives of pollution.…
Similarly to the video ‘Taking Stock’, the article ‘Real Change’ discusses the controversy in regards to who should be determining the resource management decisions of the fishing industry. Whether it should people who are involved with the fishery or the people in Ottawa with little knowledge of how the fishery operates to have control over management. Both articles are opposed to governmental proposals of conservation; since the fishing industry is the principal way of life for the majority of the population, fishers strive to find a new form of environmental management that will sustain marine eco-systems and allow fishermen to continue fishing. The style of resource management must maintain that environmental, economic and social issues are interconnected and all must be integrated into the decision making process for effective progress. In the video ‘Taking Stock’ when the Atlantic cod had be destroyed and left the economy imperil people were searching for someone to blame; workers, the government, researchers, consumers, fish corporations… when in reality we were all somehow to blame.…
A country like Nigeria that losses $60 billion yearly is experiencing a downslide in its revenue because if that same amount is not lost but gained then a potential growth would be experienced in the economy. Also, the amount of catch that could be made in Ghana by the artisanal fishermen is been greatly reduced because of the amount of catch already lost to illegal fishing that occurs on their waters. It is wise to note that Illegal fishing off Nigeria and several other neighboring countries also creates an environment conducive to piracy. Also, widespread fishing by commercial trawlers close to shore zones reserved for artisanal fishing is destroying underwater habitats and eroding the livelihoods of coastal communities and this increases the likelihood of fishermen turning to crime. Although the existing law requires trawlers to bring their catch back to shore for registration before export, some crews with or without the knowledge of their employers, sell fish, especially species they are not authorized to catch, to illegal traders sailing refrigerated vessels and trawlers thus carry more cash than they usually would, becoming more attractive targets for…