It should be in everyones best interest to minimise the world’s marine pollution, the vast growth of pollution in our ocean is affecting marine life such as coral reefs and sea animals. With pollution on the rise it is declining our marine future, which can be a worry for the worlds oxygen with a large percentage of the planet’s oxygen coming from marine plants. Marine life stability is one of the most important issues this century. We are constantly having large numbers of sea animals dying…
Tiger sharks, are amazing creatures, and have many interesting features. For example, tiger sharks eat a variety of foods. For instance, they are like garbage disposals because they eat almost anything including trash like, baseballs, license plates, oil cans, tin cans, tires, garbage (food waste), clothing, and even coal. In addition, tiger sharks can grow up to 20 ft in length but average 12 ft. However, tiger sharks…
than 1,500 km long. Shark bay has a very diverse ecosystem but is mostly steered by aquatic abiotic and biotic factors. The biotic factors of Shark Bay are much more distinct than the abiotic factors. The biotic factors include numerous species of fish and other aquatic creatures (sharks, dolphins etc.), invertebrates (centipedes, spiders and millipedes),…
reserves. Furthermore, the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board has tried to use netting to reduce the amount of shark attacks on their shore. However, these nettings have caught and killed sharks going out to sea, dolphins, whales, rays, and turtles. Chapter 8- Fish Fight Sonja Fordham and many others have dedicated themselves to conserving sharks. She travels around the world spreading her knowledge. It notes that some environmental progress has been achieved through politics.…
Smoked Sea Bass Fish Ingredients required: 1. Sea bass – 4-5 lbs, skin-on fillets 2. Water – 1 quarter 3. Salt – 1 cup 4. White granulated sugar – 1 cup 5. Paprika – as per taste Instructions to follow: 1. Dissolve salt and sugar in the brine over a low heat. 2. Let the mixture set to cool. 3. Take Sea Bass, remove fillets and rinse under running water properly. 4. After rinsing, let the fish rest in brine and kept in fridge for at least 6-10 hours. 5. Preheat the smoker and add the wood…
practice of capturing fish from the aquatic ecosystem has not only brought people delicious, luxurious, and nutrient-rich seafood to their dishes but also great benefits from the sales of fish, lobsters, or crabs. However, these benefits come along with a sacrifice of many unwanted underwater organisms, which are important to the ecosystem but threatened by humans’ dangerous fishing practices—bycatch, explosive fishing, etc. Moreover, many other activities, such as offshore drilling, oil spill,…
When I was about fourteen years old, I saw the movie Jaws for the first time. I remember being fascinated with the story and loving every second of the film, however, it did give me a deep fear of the ocean and of sharks in general. At the time I did not realize and understand that sharks were very misunderstood creatures; I was under the impression that they were all dangerous and should be feared. People assume that they are more likely to be killed by a shark, but it is actually the other way…
Fierce Fish The ocean is like a crowded city full of people. Everyone is walking around going to their destinations. An ecosystem is all living things (plants and animals) and nonliving things that live in a specific area. The man-of-war jellyfish lives in the busiest area of all, the neritic zone. The neritic zone is packed of ocean animals because it gets the perfect portion of sunlight, it’s a good temperature, and not lots of pressure. The neritic zone is located on the continental shelf.…
The Squalus acanthus is nicknamed the dog fish because they are known to feed in packs which is similar to the habits of dogs, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium website. These sharks are classified as chondrichthyes (“Squalus Acanthias”). According to the article Spiny Dogfish, the dogfish’s relatives include the Pygmy shark and the Sleeper shark. The Squalus acanthus has an endoskeleton skeleton type. They live in the interdial zone up to 900 meters deep. The dogfish sharks swim in water…
caused devastating issues to the environment and inhabitants. It has once been said that there is an unlimited supply of fish in the lakes, oceans and seas. Because these bodies of water are known to be extremely massive, it would be virtually impossible for it to be over fished. Right now, the world’s current population is over seven billion people, and the demand for fish has never been higher as even more common consumed marine organisms are getting depleted every year to the point of the…