Monday, April 27, 2009

Investigation

Fisheries Depletion


Fisheries Depletion is the concept of fish dying due to humans interfering with the sea and rivers. Some types of fish are going extinct due to this concept like cod fish. Whales are dying daily. Ecosystems are being broken every hour. Pollution and global warming are major issues.

Whaling is part of this issue. Whaling is when people catch whales and kill them with the excuse of something like "whales eat so much out of the ocean, so if too many whale populations live, fish will not and humans will have no supply of fish". This is incorrect due to the fact that whales eat plankton and small fish. Even if whales ate so much, we have no right to kill them and this is affecting the amount of whales left on earth. Fisheries Depletion is once again blamed.

Fishing is a main source of food and life for over 200, 000 people on earth. Overfishing is what these people may use to satisfy themselves for a couple of days at the most but when the fish are all gone these people will not survive. Overfishing is when people kill and catch fish at a large rate so that they can be paid for catching so many fish, but at the rate which we are going at, all the fish will die and we will have a massive crisis. At this rate by the year 2048 all edible fish will be gone. 29 percent of fish are at a "collapse" rate which means that the fish population for a species have gone down by 90 percent. 7 percent of the fish population have already extinct. Approximately 70-80 billion dollars are made from fisheries in total.

Remember, when one species is gone, the entire ecosystem is affected badly and can die completely. If fish die out, those who eat the fish will die and what the fish eat prosper and grow , then these plants take up may minerals and natural products. This causes the products to be completely gone, and human's can also be badly affected. So it is your choice, temporary or long-term health. It is up to you.

Pollution is also playing a huge part in Fisheries Depletion. Pollution causes the sea to be dirty which makes breathing for the fish more difficult. Small fish and bottle-nose dolphins get caught in six pack plastic cover. Many fish die due to explosion, pollution and the simple laziness of our kind. Global warming and habitat loss affects the Fisheries Depletion concept because some fish cannot live in certain heats and need a home.

These are some things to think about:

1.) If we keep going in the same direction, humans will have no sea-food and the fish will be completely gone. This can cause another world hunger issue.

2.) We need to feel guilty for eating certain types of fish, or else the problem will never be solved.

3.) The issue can be fixed, but it is on of those things that you need to begin doing to finish it, we must start as soon as possible so that no more species will go extinct.

4.) Some fishermen cast big nets causing 50% of fish to be fully-exploited, 20% to be over exploited, and a lot of the rest are exploited in a manor which is self-destructive.

5.) A huge problem is that the issue has gone all around the world in main areas like Asia.

6.) If fish catching is banned in one place for a couple of years, the entire world fish supply will be increased in an amazing way.

Questions and Answers

1.) How can we help to return the fish supply to how it is?
Just by not eating rare fish. If you can do more like try to help the government to acknowledge the situation better than do that. Try to do anything to save the fish, because if you don't, there will be no fish at all.

2.) What are some type of fish which are endangered?
Some are: Sturgeon, Paddle fish, shad, silver shark, redfin, carp, and many others. Sharks, whales, lobster, and other fish/ mammals of the sea are extinct or endangered.

3.) How many people depend on fish?
1 out of every 5 people. So if the fish all die, these millions of people will be in big trouble.

4.) What causes Fisheries Depletion?
Overfishing is a main reason, Global Warming affects it, killing endangered species, huge nets, and other factors.

5.) How many fish are dying?
Almost all of them.

In conclusion, Fisheries Depletion is an important issue, I hope that you will take something out of this and try to chnge something, because at this ate every single fish in the world will dye. We need to do something, united we stand, alone we fall.

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