Marine Parks are areas of ocean and coastline that are protected by the government and are safe havens for wildlife. Recently, the South Australian marine environment has been under pressure from population growth, development and pollution. The Government has set up Marine Parks in an attempt to conserve the scenic and biologically important waterscape. There have been many debates against the introduction of this system, with multiple protests centred on fear of lifestyle and livelihood changes because many coastal regions rely on tourism and locally caught seafood. Consumers of fish also disagree with the project because they believe that the price of fish will increase substantially. Additionally, fisheries are against the Marine Parks, because of the possibility that their source of fish will initially be reduced. The government have agreed to compensate people affected by the establishment of the parks.
Biology
South Australia has a large biodiversity with ‘80% of South Australia’s marine life not being found anywhere else on Earth’ . This biodiversity will be conserved with the introduction of Marine Parks.
The establishment of the Marine Park system will provide a place of refuge for marine animals and improve their overall living conditions. This is because marine parks have specific rules preventing the exploitation of species, over-fishing and boating pollution, enabling marine life to become more plentiful and the individual organisms to increase in health and size. The diversity of the organisms will also increase, as will the overall biomass of the sea life. There is proof of this on Rottnest Island, WA. The density of lobsters was ’34 times higher in the sanctuary… than in other areas around the island wh...
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...pay for the setting up of the marine parks and the large sum of compensation that the government has agreed to pay the fishing industry. This money could be spent on more important things such as healthcare and donations.
Conclusion
The introduction of the Marine Park system in South Australia will help protect and conserve the large biodiversity of sea life in the state. The Marine Parks will enable the stock of fish to replenish and the tourism industry to increase in the long-term. Despite the negatives of the issues of tourism, the possible closing of fisheries and the large sum of money that has been spent setting up the marine parks, this system will help protect the states future, and ensure that the ocean’s ecosystems remain healthy. Overall, the long-term positive effects heavily outweigh the short-term negatives, and Marine Parks were rightly introduced.
The question that needs to be asked is, should local councils protect the coast, or leave it to nature? And how does protection affect the people the environment and the future of Dawlish Warren? I will observe the laws, which have been enforced to ensure the nature of the reserve is protected and the ecological and economical value of Dawlish Warren is looked after. Fig A shows where my investigation is based Dawlish warren incorporates a fantastic amenity- a nature reserve that covers 204 hectares or 505 acres. It is essentially a mile-and a half length of sand spit, extending around the mouth of the River Exe and positively teeming with flora and fauna, so much that not only has it been designated local nature reserve since 1978 but it is also an international one as well.
But there are more disadvantages than its advantages. Marine parks offer people to have a glance of the natural beauty of Australia. According to me, that is not at all natural. An animal can be best observed in its wild habitat. Most of the people would agree on this fact. Most people would agree on this matter. There is no need of gaining a little profit by pushing the growth of the society and the balance of the environment into a state of danger. Moreover, I also want to assert that we should feel the pain the captive animals go through. If we consider ethically, then it can be seen as an opposition to the basic level of humanity. I strongly agree with Daly and I think that the marine parks should be closed
In this short essay Bill Daly begins by telling us that he will be assessing arguments to keep marine parks open and he will be point out reasons why they actually don’t carry any weight. The overall conclusion that daily made in this essay was that marine parks should no longer be kept open because they are useless and in some ways can be considered to be animal cruelty or no new animals should be captured for their uses. In the essay I found that there were four major premises that can clearly be found. The first major premises can be found in the second paragraph, where it says that ‘there are many more locations where the marine life can be found naturally compared to marine parks’ (Bill Daly, para 2). The second premise was located in the third paragraph, where the Daly tells us the ‘by moving the marine life out of its natural habitat we are affecting their behaviour and making any research that is conducted on them unreliable when it comes to their natural behaviour’ (para 3). The third major premise that I found was in the fourth paragraph, where it says that the ‘parks could be considered tourist attractions but a majority of tourists come to see wildlife in its natural habitat and not in cages’ (para 4). The fourth and final premise that I found was in the fifth paragraph, in this paragraph Daly says that ‘the parks can be cruel to the animals they hold because they put a restriction the freedom they would normally have in the wild’ (para 5). In the end I believe that Daly has created a good inductive argument against the use and creation of marine parks.
Australian beaches are some of the best in the world and WA beaches are some of the best in Australia. But this may soon no longer be a view held by everyone if the WA government continues to support and allow the shark culling off Perth's major beaches. Hi I'm Maya Koentgen, a marine biologist, ecologist and fellow beach user, and I'm here to tell you why shark culling needs to stop. At the moment hundreds of innocent sharks are being caught and killed and why? Because they are simply swimming in their own homes that us humans have invaded.
U.S. General Accounting Office. Commercial Fisheries: Entry of Fishermen Limits Benefits of Buyback Programs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2000.
In February of 2010, a woman named Dawn Brancheau died while working as an animal trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. There has been a large amount of debate about the circumstances surrounding her death—some say she slipped and fell, while others say that she was dragged in by one of the orcas, Tilikum. The controversy over her tragic death brought this question to the surface: should parks like SeaWorld be closed down for safety reasons? While this argument has been going on for a long time, the death of Brancheau spurred a wave of debates about whether the park should be allowed to remain open. On one side, people believe the parks should be shut down and the animals should be released from captivity in an effort to protect the animals and the humans. On the other side of the argument, people believe the parks should be kept open because of the benefits they offer to the world in education and conservation. In light of SeaWorld’s recent transitions, I believe the park should remain open to the public.
Earth, an endless source of wonder and beauty, produced the Great Barrier Reef. Hustling and bustling, the Reef thrives like a busy city, teeming with life. Sheltering thousands, corals, maintain the well-being of the Reef; however, the world threatens its nature and delicacy. Populations growing and technological advances increasing, the world becomes more and more disconnected with the natural world, posing an alarming risk for the planet we live on. Although many organizations try to keep the oceans clean, because of human interference and unnatural occurrences, the Great Barrier Reef needs scientific help to adapt corals to new conditions for means of survival, putting pressure on the Australian government to save their ocean environment.
For many years Australia has been an isolated land, away in the bottom corner of the world, surrounded by thousands of kilometres of ocean at some points. This isolation has developed entire unique ecosystems across Australia, ones that are full of unique native animals and plants.
Government of South Australia, 2005. Adelaide's Living Beaches. A Strategy for 2005 - 2025, December, pp. 5-27.
The National Park Service group should have their funds significantly cut by the Federal Government. In today's growing age of technology, there is no benefit aside from personal pleasure to go to national parks, their is also the issue that no one is interested nor has enough time to go to the national parks. The parks are not bringing in as much money as they once were, and the areas that are protected can be used for many more productive means than what they are used for now. Directing the funds allocated to the National Park Services elsewhere, would allow more promising projects to prosper. This change would create jobs, and opportunities for others, encourage people to embrace technology, instead of vilifying them for using it, and then
Veron, J. E. N. A Reef in Time: The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning to End. Cambridge, MA:
If you think that isn't enough and you want to do more you can also donate to safe the reef organisations and sign their many petitions or go and support their protest.
Climate change is predicted to become a major threat to biodiversity in the 21st century, but accurate predictions and effective solutions have proved difficult to formulate(Terence P et al., 2011). Warmer and more acidic conditions inhibit coral calcification, carbonate precipitation, and submarine cementation; These effects are expected to reduce long-term rates of reef framework construction(Lauren et al., 2012).As global warming gradually becoming severe, it’s effects on the coral reefs also leads a critical concern about the diversity and quantity of coral reefs in Great Barrier. Great Barrier Reef is not only functioned as a beautiful landscape, but also an essential component of the coral reef ecosystem. Any change of could have a great
People from all over the world go to beautiful beaches that are filled with water as clear as ice or as beautiful as diamonds. But, what will happen if we do not conserve the appealing sites that draw attraction to the public? Contaminated beaches has become a controversial issue to the public because of the causal problem, the harm to the people and marine animals, the government agencies supporting or opposing pollution, and the industries involved in creating such unlawful decisions. To create and find a solution, we must first find the core to the problem.
Today many people do not see the need to preserve corals reefs. Hence because of the lack of appreciation for the reefs, they are slowly disappearing. Many citizens do not realize the importance of these reefs, the species they hold, and the food webs that connect the ecosystems. Our American government has stated many times that they are doing all they can to preserve and to replenish our coral reefs. However, how accurate is that statement? To answer these questions, we first have to understand what a coral reef is and how it can be saved.