Losing the Coral reefs

Abstract
The topic of this paper is coral reefs. It argues that coral reefs should be protected by us, because that will keep the sea life safe. First, we should stop trawling. Secondly, we have to protect the sea life and coral reefs from the damage that happens because of blast fishing. Finally, the government should protect the ocean from people who contaminate the ocean.


Coral reefs are facing a huge hazard nowadays. Loft (2008) claims, “More immediate threat to marine health already has started — the slow dying of coral populations. Biologists estimate that about 70 percent of coral species are threatened and that 20 percent are damaged beyond repair” (para. 2). According to Jha (2008) claims, “ that in August 2005 harsh bleaching exterminated 50%-95% of a coral colony and killed more than half, typically in the Lesser Antilles. Also, people need to have more knowledge about the sea and the life in sea” (para. 3). In addition, the researchers exposed the fact that the trawling harms the coral reefs in a terrible way. Furthermore, we have to protect the coral reefs before it is too late, because if we do nothing about them, I think we will lose the coral forever. Moreover, the sea life is suffering from the damage that happens because of blast fishing that causes destruction of the gorgeous sea life

We should stop trawling, because it has extremely bad effects on the coral reefs. In addition, we have to protect the sea life and the coral reefs from the damage that happens because of blast fishing. Furthermore, the government should protect the ocean from people who contaminate the ocean.

First, we should stop trawling because it has extremely bad effects on the coral reefs and the seabed life. Loft (2008) said that “Experts say that coral reefs are vulnerable to man-made pollution, trawling, ocean acidification and other influences that undo what takes nature centuries to build” (para. 9). The researchers discovered that the trawling harms the coral reefs in a dreadful way. It is true that when fishermen use the trawling they can catch an enormous number of fishes, but the thing is that they do not know that they are destroying the coral reefs. Moreover, trawling affects incredibly not just the coral reefs, but also the seabed life. For example, the sponges and the flowerpots are destroyed because of the trawling (“Environmental Effects of Prawn, 2004). So I think we have to educate fishermen and people in general about the risk of trawling. However, the government should have strict rules to stop those people from damaging the wonderful coral reefs. Also they should offer like a reward for anybody who tells the police about the people who broke the rules.

Second, we should protect the sea life and the coral reefs from the damage that happens because of blast fishing. Also, blast fishing affects negatively on a large number of the total amount of the coral in the world. Coral reefs are one of the important factors that help to protect the sea life. Many kinds of sea biodiversity have died off because of blast fishing. For example, lobsters, clams and sea cucumbers have decreased in the sea. Tragically, the blast fishing is illegal, but many countries do not have strict rules toward people who use the dynamite fishing technique. So, the government should supervise the sea to assure that nobody will use this kind of practice. For instance, the government of Saudi Arabia gives a prize for the person who has proof of anyone who uses illegal fishing methods. Also, blast fishing may affect the economic side of the touristy countries. By blast fishing, people demolish the wonderful coral reefs in the deep of the sea. To illustrate this, if there is no sea life, nobody wants to dive inside the sea, so the country will lose the profits that they can gain from the tourism. Finally, the damages of blast fishing are more than the advantages, so the government should take a big step and stop those people from destroying the sea life, by giving tickets to anybody who uses blast fishing.

Third, the government should protect the ocean from people who contaminate the ocean. The CO2 comes from cars, burning of fossil fuels, factories and cutting down trees. According to Jha (2008) “critical to control further warming and dangerously high CO2 levels that will probably reduce the robustness and competitive fitness of corals and limit the habitats for many other organisms living on Caribbean coral reefs” (para. 11). These are not the only things that cause the CO2 that influences the atmosphere. Even if we are the cause of the gases that warm the atmosphere, 97% of the CO2 manufactured and all of the water steam are out of our control (Henry, 2007). Also, the human part of global warming is a small element. However, if the government will not do anything about the CO2 gases, later we will be in big trouble. The CO2 can destroy the coral reefs now, and everything on the earth presently. So to have a good income to the government from the reefs, we have to save them from being harmed, so we must take steps to stop people from doing things that affect coral reefs. Moreover the government should hire some people to keep watching people and factories to make sure that there is nobody polluting the ocean.

However, opponents think that coral reefs are not as important as humans. They state that we do not need the coral reefs. And they support their idea by saying that humans are the most important creatures on the planet, and we deserve to live; also they say that some people are living and feeding their family by working as fishermen. Moreover, they state that they are using blast fishing and trawling so they can gain more fish, which will assist them in selling more and getting more money. However, they are completely wrong, because there are many ways that fishermen can use to gain fish without harming the environment and damaging the sea life and the coral reefs. Moreover, the thing that they do not know is that when they lose the coral reefs they will lose 4000 kinds of fish that live on the coral and other kinds that put their eggs under the coral to protect them (Weier, 2001). Moreover, the factory owners do not care about the environment; they care just about the cost. They would not spend more money to protect the atmosphere; they care about how they can make the product cost less. However, people and the government should force them and ask them to keep the environment clean. They should know that this planet is not just for them but for all people; also, we should keep it healthy for the next generation.

In conclusion, coral reefs are facing a huge hazard nowadays. The ocean contains important things such as coral reefs and fish. The government and people should take care of the ocean environment, because of many reasons. The most important reason is that sea pollution destroy sea life, the wealth of our lives and our wellbeing. Also, people need to have more knowledge about the sea. In addition, the researchers expose that the trawling harms the coral reefs in terrible way. Furthermore, we have to protect the coral reefs before we lose them; because if we do nothing about them, I think we will lose the coral reefs forever. Moreover, the sea life is suffering from the harm that happens because of blast fishing that causes obliteration of the beautiful sea life. Blast fishing is destroying the beautiful life of the sea by people’s techniques to get more fish in a shorter time. Finally, finding the solution will not only help the coral reefs to live normally, it will help people to have a normal and good life.


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