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Lost fishing gear is specifically harmful because it often results in “ghost fishing.” Ghost fishing occurs when discarded or lost fishing gear continues to fish and trap animals, entangle, or potentially kill marine life. The issue of “ghost fishing” was first brought to the attention of world at the 16th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries in April 1985. Following debate at COFI, the FAO Secretariat published an in-depth study of the problem. Lost fishing

This essay will discuss plastic marine pollution, what plastics are, where it is a problem, why it is such a problem, who is involved in the issue and any management strategies and legislations regarding the global issue of plastic marine pollution. Plastic marine pollution occurs when harmful pollutants such as plastic, chemicals and other particles enter the waterways. 80% of all marine pollution comes from the land and could be avoided if governments worked together and applied concerted efforts

amount of pollution humans produce. We easily dump our waste into the oceans to dispose of our problem, but this small and simple solution is creating an even bigger problem. The way humans dispose of their wastes is causing the death of our beloved marine life. Not only are we killing off our animals, our food source, and our resources, we are also minimizing our usable water. Pollution comes in many forms. In the ocean we dump a variety of substances, including human wastes, chemicals from

problems facing our planet are exposed. Woodard exposes the creation of dead zones from pollution, the killing of our coral reefs and the negative effects of the rise of sea-levels. The common theme throughout this book is the dark fate of Oceans and marine life as we know it. Although it may seem like our bodies of water are limitless, vast, and indestructible, they are not. In fact they are vulnerable, and we as humans are destroying them daily through our reckless actions. Major sources of the depletion

Marine Plastic Pollution This essay will examine the effects of plastic pollution on international, national, state and local levels in the marine ecosystem, the impacts on the health of marine animals and humans, the legislation and management strategies put in place to counteract the negative impacts of the issue and its origins including the evaluation of the effectiveness of these measures and the conflicting perspectives of the stakeholders involved such as, intergovernmental, governmental

of fishing to the worldwide economy and the need for humans to understand human impacts on the environment, the academic division of fisheries science was developed. Fisheries science includes all aspects of marine biology, in addition to economics and management skills and information. Marine conservation issues like overfishing, sustainable fisheries and management of fisheries are also examined through fisheries science. In order for there to be plenty of fish in the years ahead, fisheries will

Islands”) Not to mention, the reef is filled with remarkable diversity among marine species and corals.(“Virgin Islands”) Although the reef is full of aesthetic components, this underwater city, among many others, is slowly disappearing.(“Virgin Islands”) "There are not as many reef fish as there used to be; there's more algae, more coral diseases, and more reefs that ... are now simply gone," says Ginger Garrison, a marine ecologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Virgin Islands

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

climate change is provoked is that it is caused by fossil fuels and carbon dioxide being released in the air due to many human activities. This event can potentially harm the human population and put many ecosystems around the world to extinction. Marine ecosystems, in general, are parts of the Earth’s hydrosphere, which make up large parts of the Earth and contain magnificent biodiversity from beautiful fish to the largest aquatic creatures in the

climate change is provoked is that it is caused by fossil fuels and carbon dioxide being released in the air due to many human activities. This event can potentially harm the human population and put many ecosystems around the world to extinction. Marine ecosystems, in general, are parts of the Earth’s hydrosphere, which make up large parts of the Earth and contain magnificent biodiversity from beautiful fish to the