Overfishing is a major problem. It has depleted the supply of important sources of food, including Atlantic cod and bluefin tuna. One of the remedies for overfishing is the passing of laws that limit how much fish can be taken from ocean waters by fishermen....
They’re “gross and slimy and flaccid and wiggling.” But parasites can be just as important as more charismatic animals—and many may be on the verge of disappearing.
Which is why the tribunal’s ruling may not be enough to halt or even slow the ocean’s approach to a literal boiling point. Climate impacts are overwhelming all other marine environmental insults, including industrial overfishing and oil, chemical and plastic pollution. Compounding the danger, un...
Marine environmental maintanance has always been a common problem faced by all mankind. It is an issue that needs to be addressed, not just in Denmark, Japan, or China, but all around the world. It should be noted that the protection of marine life is an important link in the protection ...
Why is the Niger River important? What are some causes of land pollution? If overfishing is such a big problem, then why are international regulations not in place? Why is environmental policy important? What are the effects of land pollution? Why is the Great Artesian Basin valuable? Why is...
suggesting that indigenous people practiced sustainable fishery that colonial populations did not even think of. Until the late 1800s, oysters were so abundant as to practically be free, but by the close of the 19th century, overfishing, disease and pollution collided to spark a slow decline. To...
For instance, knowing that a supplier is violating maritime laws by overfishing in certain waters lets a maker of canned tuna take corrective action before it becomes a regulatory or public relations issue. If the manufacturer demands that all its suppliers comply with laws and report on matters ...
In addition to that, the local fisheries department officers always informed that the gillnets were the cure for marine habitat degradations and overfishing due to the previous trawl-fishing gear operations. Little did they know that the fishermen modified the mesh size of the gillnets. As ...
Despite being ice-cold predators, sharks are under threat from something even bigger. Unfortunately, as is very often the case with endangered species, human activity is the biggest threat to many of the shark species in our oceans – it’s thought that overfishing puts one-third of all ocean...
Thinking about what the introduction of Burmese pythons has done in the Everglades, explain why "non-native-species" are such a problem for an ecosystem. Threats to Biodiversity: Biodiversity is the variety and difference of organisms ...