Endangered Oceans
Are humans improving the condition of the world's oceans?
Why are our oceans endangered?
Causes
- Fishermen are using special bait to attract fish.
- Humans are dumping oil and waste into the ocean.
- Fishermen are catching fish faster than they can reproduce.
- Fishermen are catching Yellowfin tuna in drift nets.
Effect
- Sea turtles are getting caught in nets because they are attracted to the bait.
- Coral reefs that are 5,000 to 10,000 years old are dying
- Some fish species are going endangered.
- Dolphins are getting caught in nets when trying to eat the tuna.
Are humans improving the condition of the ocean?
Here are some videos on the following problems.
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Work Cited:
Coral Reef Monitoring Device. Digital image. Tuvie. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.tuvie.com/wp-content/uploads/coral-rasa-coral-reefs-monitoring-device3.jpg>.
Dolphins and Fishing Nets. WDC Kidzone. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.wdcs.org/wdcskids/en/story_details_did.php?select=804>.
Drift Net. Digital image. Ecomare. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.ecomare.nl/typo3temp/GB/7a69654f75.png>.
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.
Loy, Frank E. "Human Efforts Are Improving the Condition of the World's Oceans and Coastal Regions."Endangered Oceans. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "lecture at the University of Virginia Center for Oceans Law and Policy." 1999.Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
Moore, Franklin, and Barbara Best. "The World's Coral Reefs Are Threatened." Are the World's Coral Reefs Threatened? Ed. Charlene Ferguson. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. At Issue. Rpt. from "Coral Reef Crisis: Causes and Consequences." Global Trade and Consumer Choices: Coral Reefs in Crisis. 2001. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Dec. 2015.
Overfishing. Digital image. Greenpeace. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/photos/oceans/2014/GP04BW5.jpg>.
Overfishing. Digital image. Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Chilean_purse_seine.jpg>.
Save the Turtles. Sea Turtle Conservecy. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Dec. 2015. <http://www.tourdeturtles.org/flash/CommercialFishing.swf>.
Sea Turtle Escaping Net. Digital image. NOAA Education and Resources. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015. <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/images/turtles/loggerhead_ted-noaa.jpg>.
Sea Turtle in Net. Digital image. The Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015. <http://www.noaa.gov/features/04_resources/images/seaturtle_oilspill_2.jpg>.
"Threats from Commercial Trawl Fishing." Sea Turtle Conservancy. Sea Turtle Conservancy, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015. <http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?page=fisheries>.