Endangered Oceans
Should we ban bottom trawling to protect deep sea ecology?
Deep Sea Trawling is...
- A heavy net the size of a football field dragged across an ocean floor
- down more than a mile deep
- used to get fish like cod and haddock (targeted)
- picks up much more and destroys the ocean floor
Dangers
Effects of deep sea trawling are...
- can kill endangered animals
- throw overboard harmed creature letting them suffer
- destroys coral- takes a long time to grow back
- makes water muddy
- creates over fished areas
- can make species endangered
The French's words
Coral thrown overboard
Turtle thrown overboard
Benifits
Benefits of deep sea trawling
- able to get large sums of fish
- able to get fish on bottom
- increases availability for food
- can boost fish population
- by fostering conditions best for most fish
- makes fish cheaper to buy
Animals that got hurt from trawling
A graph of overall methods and how much they have killed
Final thoughts
"Bottom Trawling Impacts On Ocean, Clearly Visible From Space." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 8 Feb. 2008. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
Bottom Trawling. N.d. Deep Sea Trawling. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.
Example. Digital image. Bottom Trawling. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
Food and Water Watch. "Catch Shares Do Not Protect Fish or the Environment."Endangered Oceans. Ed. Helga Schier and Lynn M. Zott. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Greenwashing Our Fisheries: Catch Share Programs Do Not Save Our Fish." 2011.Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
Marine Conservation Institute. "Destructive Fishing." Marine Conservation Institute. Global Ocean Refuge System, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
National Coalition for Marine Conservation. "Marine Reserves Will Not Stop Destructive Fishing Practices." Endangered Oceans. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "A Bottom-Up Approach for Designating Marine Reserves." 2008. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Proper Guidelines Can Protect Marine Mammals from the Effects of Sonar." Endangered Oceans. Ed. Helga Schier and Lynn M. Zott. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures for Sonar Training." 2009. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
Nations Involved. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
Norris, Tina. "Bottom Trawling: How to Empty the Seas in Just 150 Years." The Guardian. N.p., 10 Feb. 2014. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.
Reichert, Joshua. "Banning Bottom Trawling Would Protect Deep Sea Ecology."Endangered Oceans. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Protecting Our Deep Seas." The PEW Charitable Trusts, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
Seal Caught in Trawler. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
White, David. "Fully Protected Marine Reserves Will Promote Sustainable Fishing." Endangered Oceans. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "testimony before the President's Commission on Ocean Policy." 2001. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.