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Concerningthefactabouttheairwebreatheandthewaterwedrink.

If
overfishingcontinues,manyofthesespecieswilldisappearoffthefaceof
theearth.Overfishinghascausedamajorcrisistowardthesevenseas.
Furthermore,severalofhabitatsareatstake,fishesarebecomingsmaller
andsmaller.Leadingtowardthis,Fishermenaroundtheworldareusing
destructivegear;whilenotfollowinglocalfishingrules.Thisisntjustaffect
seacreatures,buthasdeterminedonhowthisiscausingseveralofglobal
complicationsalso.Humanbeingsrelyonfishing;thishasalsocaused
problemsoveranother,makingsmallproblemsbuildupintolargerdisasters.

Firstly,theproblemsofthistopichascausedsea
animalstodecreasethroughouttime.Thousandsoffish
aredyingbecauseofillegalfishinggear,fishingfor
smallerfishwhicharestunningthebreedingseason,
anddestructionofhabitats(JacquelineChurch,2011).
Additionally,throughoutthe1950stowardmoderntime;
Approximately90percentofBigFishStockshave
fallen.Scientificallyspeaking,Scientisthavedetermined
thatseveraloffishwillbecomingextinctbythetimeof
2048(Appropriatetechnology,1995).Thisshowsthat
seaanimalsaredecreasingbythismoment.

Secondly,1/7oftheworld'spopulationarerelyingonfishing.
Fishingiswhatpeoplearelivingfor.Thisisimpactingseveral
ofpeoplebecausethishasleadproblemtowardanother
(LivingOceanFoundations,2015).Thereasonthisis
becausewithoutfish;fishermencannotreceivemoney.To
elaborate,Fishermenarelosingtheirjobsbecauseofthe
decreasedpopulationoffish(ReneeSchoof,2011).They
arenthavingenoughfishtocollect.Thisshowsthatthe
majoritytowardfishinghascausedpredominanceofhow
peoplelive.

Additionally,theimpactstowardglobal
communitiesarethat,90%ofApexPredators
havedisappeared,Decreaseoffoodsecurity,
Impactsonthemarineecosystems,suchas
increaseofgrowthofalgaeandthreatstocoral
reefhealth(ReneeSchoof,2011).Conditionally
thishasbecomeanoutragetowardtheseas
becausethisdeterminesthatthesevenseascan
becomeverytoxicoverthegrowthofalgae
(DNews,2015).Thiscanleadtowardthespread
ofdiseases.

Thirdly,overfishingisalsoaffectingourpersonal
healthalso.We,humanbeings,arereceivingmost
ofourproteinfromfishes.Fishinghasbecomea
multimilliondollarindustry(DNews,2015).Back
thenatthe1950s,Equipmentwasasadvancedas
today.Soastechnologyadvancedsodidfishing.
Fishermenhavefoundtechniquestowardhowto
receivethousandsoffishwithonlyonenet.After
thesemethods70percentoftheworld'sfisheries
haveeitherbeenfullyexploitedoroverexploited
(DNews,2015).Inotherwordssignificantly
depleted.

Furthermore,thecurrentsolutionsforOverfishingareto
nevercatchcreatureswhiletheyareinbreeding
seasons,Followlocalrules,Knowthefishes,Dont
destroyfishhabitats,andlastly,chooselargercreatures
(JacquelineChurch,2011).Thesefollowingsolutions
canhelpseaanimalstoreproduceandregainthe
populationithasusedtobeenbefore.Ontheother
hand,thewaysanyonecanhelpistobeinformed,know
whatyoueat,andspreadtheword.Themorepeople
knowaboutthisglobalissue,overfishingwill
decreased(JacquelineChurch,2011).

Currently,thenewsolutionstowardover
fishingarechooselargercreatures,Don't
usedestructivefishinggear,Createnew
habitats,Createnofishperiods,and
nevercatchfishesduringbreeding
season.Thissumsitallup,Thesenew
solutionscanhelpfishreproduceand
createalargerpopulationtowardthesea
(LivingOceansFoundations,2015).
Followingtheserulesarespreading
acrossthenation.

Inconclusion,ifoverfishingcontinues,
scientistbelievefishwillbeextinctbythe
timeof2048.Furthermore,ushumans
arecreatingnewsolutionswhilefollowing
currentsolutionstowardthefish
communitysofishcanreproduce.
Causingthemtogainbythepopulation
theyhadseveralofyearsago.

Resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpPSUE8Dwk

http://sks.sirs.com/cgibin/hstarticle
display?id=SCA422207547&artno=0000314883&
type=ART&shfilter=U&key=overfishing&
title=Red%20Fish%2C%20Green%20Fish&res=Y&
ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N

http://sks.sirs.com/cgibin/hstarticle
display?id=SCA422207547&artno=0000012383&
type=ART&shfilter=U&key=overfishing&
title=Fisheries
%3A%20Overfishing%20Nets%20Disaster&res=Y&
ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVJ7Prt5OdA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COyh7xtQY4

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