Essay about Overfishing Is Destroying the Oceans of the World

The oil spills are being caused by the one who spill it should be responsible and the only one who makes oil is companies are the ones who makes oil so they should pay for the damage beside the earth is already been damaged by us so I think people should help the earth beside humans are the ones who needs earth.The companies who spill oil into oceans should pay for clean up. The earth is being damage already and humans are the ones who need the earth not the earth needs the humans because of the gravity and the professor says that if you dump anything down the toilet then it will go to the oceans by the sewage and the sewers has bad toxic waste in it. The companies who spill oil into oceans should pay for clean up. have three reasons why

The ocean is one of the biggest components of the world’s ecosystem. Today, countless amounts of people are completely unaware of how much of an impact the ocean has on our world. If we continue to destroy our oceans our world can be thrown into dystopia. The ocean is responsible for the food on our tables, and weather patterns. We also might be able to have other world crises be solved if we clean up our oceans, like global warming. The ocean produces half of the oxygen we consume, also one-third of carbon dioxide emissions produced by humans is consumed by the ocean. The quote “While many of us enjoy the spectacular recreational activities that oceans offer, for some people oceans are a lifeline for survival”, ( The Nature Conservancy 5).

The earliest accounts of overfishing occurred in the 1800s, when the demand of whale blubber nearly wiped out the whale populations. In the mid 1900s, the harvesting of Atlantic cod, herring, and California sardines drove them to the brink of extinction. These high disruptions cause regional depletions of animal resources which is starting to cause a global problem. There has never been a more urgent time for fishing nations to make a commitment towards the sustainability of our oceans. More than 80% of the world’s fisheries have been, or are being pushed beyond their limits and are in dire need of strict management plans. Populations of fish and elasmobranch fish such as tuna, grouper and sharks have been declining to the point where the survival

Numerous research and scientific studies were performed on the impact of the extensive fishing along the U.S. coastline. In 1871, National Marine Fisheries Service was launched. Their mission as stated on their website, www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/, “…devoted to the protection, study, management, and restoration of fish.” (www.nefc.noaa.gov, 2004) While the organization contributed significantly to the study of the fish and the region, the organization was completely ineffectual in any manner in protecting the fish from over fishing and unable to get passed any effective policies to control fishing. Their biocentric view allowed the organization to study fish in a manner that many groups at the time had no concern with due to the mindset of the endless capacity of the sea. The value of many of these studies while questionable at the seriousness at the time they were taken, when looking back through the history and learning from the impact that man has on our environment. In particular, this example there is good data that supports the early thoughts of a bountiful sea of fish. As the years, progress data that clearly shows the decline of various fish species as fishing continues onward. Newton, Dillingham and Choly reported (2006), “The take of Atlantic cod, crucial to the New England economy, had peaked in 1968 at 3.9 million tons; by 1992, it was down to 1.2 million tons— a

Overfishing is a global issue that has many negative effects on the environment (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2009). Fish are a major resource that many people rely on for not only nutrition, but also for a means of income (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2009). As the population of the world increases, so does the demand for fish, which puts oceans under a lot of pressure (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2009). Due to advanced fishing technologies and equipment, going out further into the oceans and catching huge amounts of fish is easier than ever (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2009). Froese (2004) defines overfishing as capturing the fish before they reach their full growth potential and diminishing their chance of reproduction. In other

Fishers in the Atlantic Ocean seem to not care at all about the well being of the environment and they care more about the quick catch as I like to call it. The quicker the catch the faster the cash is filling selfish, greedy fisher’s pockets. They are willing to go to great lengths to get the fast money regardless of the lasting damage they cause. It all comes down to their bad fishing techniques. Bottom trawling is a good example of this. They make trawls with large rubber tires or rollers and they help for the net to move over the rocky regions and coral reefs of the ocean floor (Fishing Problems: Destructive Fishing Practices.) These trawls literally destroy homes for fish and make it nearly impossible for them to recover (Fishing Problems: Destructive Fishing Practices.) In fact, 4km of scars on the reefs of the north-east Atlantic Ocean have been found (Fishing Problems: Destructive Fishing Practices.) Dynamite fishing is the next bad fishing technique used. Okay, let’s just take a moment to think of how bad “dynamite fishing” sounds in and of its self. I think we can all understand what type of damage this does not only to the sea life, but to the environment. They literally kill all the fish and wait for them to float to the surface so they can easily scoop them up (Fishing Problems: Destructive Fishing Practices.) They must not be thinking with any foresight because the destruction that fishing like

According to National Geographic, overfishing dates back to the 1800s when humans killed off massive amounts of whale population to retrieve blubber for lamp oil (Roach). Similarly, Atlantic cod, herring, and California 's sardines, were also fished to the brink of extinction by the mid-1900s. Theses cases were extremely harmful to the ecosystems food chain. To counter these losses, the United States passed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (NOAA). This law made it illegal for foreign countries to fish within 200 nautical miles of the United States shoreline. This would make it easier to manage illegal fishing. Congress also established eight regional councils with representation from the coastal states and fishery stakeholders. Their jobs were to come up

Marine wildlife is being rapidly extinguished because of the exploitation of their lives and natural habitats. Oceans are in deplorable condition due to human inflicted contamination. These waters create over half of the earth’s oxygen, and if they are not preserved, there will be potential detriments to the human race. However, this crisis can be prevented with actions taken on by the ordinary individual. By boycotting those producers and corporations that exploit marine life, limiting the use of plastic, and improving recycling habits and awareness, the American people can save what their elected officials are neglecting.

People often take the ocean for granted due to its vastness since it makes up over seventy percent of the Earth, however the integrity of the ocean is deteriorating. One of the major, worldwide threats to the wellbeing of the ocean and its inhabitants is overfishing. Overfishing affects not only the ocean, but also the land dwellers. Many countries around the world depend on fish as their main source of food. Tons of fish are caught out of the sea daily, however, the rate that fish are being hauled is far too high where fish stocks are incapable of naturally recovering. There is a decline in population size of affected fish and some species have even faced extinction. Overfishing is the leading cause of ecological extinction, foregoing any other human disruptions to marine ecosystems, such as pollution, water degradation, and climate change (Jackson, et al). Overfishing causes an overwhelming devastation upon the oceans because it depletes food resources, disrupts the food web, and destroys habitats of aquatic organisms, due to this, overfishing causes an oceanic ecological collapse worldwide.

Callum Roberts set himself the difficult task of cataloguing evidence that today’s oceans are depleted and struggling against overfishing and human influence, while still remaining optimistic about the future of the world’s oceans in his book The Unnatural History of the Sea. Roberts begins by painting a picture of the oceans as they may have been before human influence had drastically depleted species and changed ecosystems through fishing. From this point, he maps out centuries of development in fishing and shows how drastically changed and depleted the world’s oceans are today because of human exploitation. With the explanation of modern day fishery policy and a strong case against the practice of trawling, Roberts shows how humanity continues to exploit the ocean as if it were an endless resource. In spite of all this, the author, in the end, attempts to develop a positive outlook by explaining what can be done to stop the rapid decimation of fisheries, including reevaluation of fishery regulations and development of marine reserves.

Representatives for the United Nations, our company Ocean Hope is before you in hopes of gaining your support for our cause. We are a not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to helping to stop the increasingly real threat of overfishing. We have set out to do this through a series of print advertisements, raising awareness for the issue and hopefully opening our audience’s eyes to the danger our society faces if action is not taken. This, in turn, will encourage them to re-evaluate their lifestyle choices, hopefully resulting in them donating to our company and/or living in a way that better suits our company’s values by eating only sustainably-sourced seafood, as well as eating seafood in a smaller amount.

Stop trawling: Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. The net that is used for trawling is called a trawl. The boats that are used for trawling are called trawlers or draggers. Unfortunately, trawling has a major influence towards our marine ecosystem. It collects every animal and ecosystem in its pathway, resulting in a massive by-catch. Due to this effect, many dead fish are returned to the sea as they were not the targeted fish. By changing this action, sea species will not be wasted and will be valued. This will contribute to less endangered and extinction rates as no marine species is being caught and thrown away as they are not targeted.

The National Geographic article, “Time for a sea change”, by Paul Greenberg, discusses the global fishing industry’s unsustainable fishing habits. It examines fishing companies’ appetites for luring fish out of the sea, then selling fish to people to make revenue, and ultimately consuming more than the sea produces. As the industry is taking so much fish out of the sea, Seafood Print (a study supported by the Charitable Trusts and the National Geographic channel) is investing the repercussions if these practises keep progressing in the long term.

Cod Part Two: Limits tells the story of the beginnings of mass, industrialized fishing and how it affected the cod market and availability of the cod itself. Kurlansky studies the similarities and differences between the industrialized cod fishing economies on both sides of the Atlantic, showcasing connections characteristic of World History. The development of new, improved ways to fully harness the power of the ocean meant that we could begin to truly test its limits. Line fishing, trawling, gillnetting; these methods made fishing dramatically more efficient just as they depleted the environmental stocks of fish at an unprecedented rate. Dr. Michael N Pearson writes that “Local, traditional fishers had to compete with foreign trawlers, which vacuumed up marine life in a totally random way.”1 This was a war,

According to the United Nations, 17% of fish stocks worldwide are currently overexploited; 52% are fully exploited; and 7% are depleted. This means that only an estimated 20% of worldwide fish stocks are not already at or above their capacity(Seafarms, 2013). Catches of Pacific herring have decreased by 71% since the 1960s, with Atlantic herring catches falling by 63%. Atlantic Cod catches have fallen by 69% in the same time(Seafarms, 2013). These are just a few of many facts and statistics on the topic of overfishing. The effects of these statistics and facts impact people’s and animal's lives around the