Overfishing

that the oceans face is pollution. Pollution comes in many different forms. It can come from trash being throw in the water, oil spills, and from liquids leaking from boats are in the ocean. A few others things that are threating the ocean are overfishing, Commercial Whaling, Pollution, and Climate Change. People over fishing it messing up the ocean because it is taking away food security for hundreds of people (Visser). Robert Visser with wrote an article called “Oceans Issues & Threats” and in…

Alaska has an interesting history with fishing, from even before it became a state, when it was acquired by the United States from Russia in 1867 (Naske 1994). Gold miners, whalers, and fishermen were some of the first Americans to move northward to Alaska for natural resources riches. Since the late 1880s, commercial fishing has been an important part of the Alaskan culture and economy (Sechrist & Rutz). In the early 1940s, when Alaska was still a territory, the United States joined WW II. The…

their fishing career. Since the turn of the century the amount of cod in the waters between Nova Scotia and Massachusetts has decreased by over 75% (Horowitz,2015). This decrease has been blamed on the strong fishing community in the Northeast, overfishing being the main reason. Due to this, several experts believe that cod fishing will be nothing more than a past time in the coming years (Russell,2013). This is also causing families to leave the area, no fish means no jobs, and no jobs…

MPAs aim to preserve marine habitats by placing restrictions on human involvement and industry practices. MPAs are necessary to balance community livelihood and industry profit without placing irreversible strain on marine habitats. MPAs prevent overfishing, support tourism growth, and can be sustained with…

the Nile Perch appear in the food web as apex predator, most haplochromine predate on juvenile prawns and this feed on juvenile Nile Perch (Goldschmidt et al. 1993). The predation of Cichlids by Nile Perch is only partially blame in its decline. Overfishing of haplochromine contributed to its decline (Witte et al. 1992). However, the fishing of Cichlids was only done at the local level. This aid the Nile Perch to become the apex predator in the entire food web (Witte et al. 1992, Matsuishi…

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…

the environment. As this challenge progressed, Greenberg explored the global consumption of fish, overfishing, aquaculture, and the health benefits found in the consumption of fish. I had a few preconceived notions about the topic before viewing the documentary. Judging from the title, I was able to detect that the film was going to discuss the topic of fish, where it came from, the issue of overfishing, and the chemicals found in the protein due to increasing…

As I peered down the bluff, I saw the magnificent black-and-white beasts breach the water of the Salish Sea. The L-pod resident orcas were gliding past Henry Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. This sight reminded me why I was in the San Juans in the first place: to appreciate nature and do my part to protect it. I finally got to experience these natural beauties that I had heard oh-so-much about from the locals. The sea breeze flowed onto my face, and I appreciated the wonder of…

California. More recently, as the fish became scarce, only a few hundred worked the coast. Then salmon populations crashed, and this year for the first time U.S. officials canceled all ocean salmon fishing off California and most of Oregon”(Tucker). The overfishing and decline of salmon caused that fishing in California had to be controlled immensely. If the fish got past the fishing boats, they still had to make it up the Snake and its tributaries, and past all the fisherman waiting for them…

After watching Rob Stewarts film Sharkwater I have gained a keen insight into the cruelty and lucrative trade that surrounds our precious oceans. Threats arrive to the ecology of the world when humans use poor fishing methods like bottom trawling and intentionally hunting down very specific animals in astounding numbers (Kempster). This is because methods like “finning” sharks take an unnatural amount of sharks out of the natural food cycle that has been so delicately crafted over millions of…