Team of International Marine Scientists Call for Ban on Deep Sea Fishing

Fishing restriction have been placed in costal lines for many years in order to maintain stable fishing population but as the demand of fish went up, many corporal companies have gone to the deep seas in order to harvest fish which are less regulated by governments . Unlike costal lines, the vast deep seas are patches of wildlife isolated. With new technologies fishers can search deeper depts for fish and catch an entire population destroying the coral reefs. Coral reefs can survive for 4000 years but now are dying instantly. Also from 1964 to 2004 harvesting fishes has increased sevenfold. If fishes are depleted than many coral reefs will be destroyed. However some countries like France, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain in the European Union might resist because they have a long Martine traditions and a major part in their economies.

This a an example of discovery science because scientist recorded data and then made a hypotheses that which states that all the coral reefs are disappearing because the fishes are being depleted by industrial fishing which has increase sevenfold. This is important to humans because their will be less Eco diversity and removing fishes can affect other parts of the oceans and eventually humans. In addition if fishing is not regulated then when most fishes are extinct countries that rely on fish for their diets might have change staples

http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/43226
From: David A Gabel, ENN

Published September 9, 2011 09:29 AM