Research Paper On Overfishing

Majority of fish do not live in stagnant water because there is no flow in it. In this theory, the entire watercourse will become stagnant water when there is no more fish and living things living in the oceans and seas. Have you ever noticed that each fish we consume is becoming very valuable now? In the supermarket or market, it is very easy to find different kinds of fish. In fact, we will be shocked about the statistics and facts that the ecosystem in our ocean is being destroyed. There are 52% of fish stocks are fully used, 17% are overused, 7% are depleted and only 1% is recovering from depletion (Overfishing). This issue is as severe as the problem of global warming, unusual weather and disaster. In addition, this issue already happened

Yet government does not establish laws to ban illegal fishing, instead they give subsidy to fishery. Although we do not eat sharks, it is also a kind of fish that are going to become extinct because of overfishing. There are several fish species are being reduced to very low levels by fishing. For those species that have concurrent habitat problems like sturgeons, some North American salmon stocks and the totoaba of the Gulf of California. This will increase the possibility of biological extinction (Tangents). In long-term, their extinction is not simply means that they disappear in this world, but it means that the entire ecosystem and the food chain are also affected (DUJS Online). Even the fish that we often see in the grocery store like catfish and cod; they are also increasingly becoming a threatened species (National Geographic Society). Surprisingly, these facts that appear in different news did not get that attention of the government. Many governments provide subsidies to fisheries. There is an estimate overfishing subsidies $16 billion annually, which is equivalent to approximately 25 % of the value of the world fish catch (One Green Planet). In Spain, for example, the government gives subsidy to the fishermen for one in three fish caught. The reason for that is to enhance the employment in the fishing industry, and to keep the citizens employed. Although the fishing industry provides around 90% sectors of jobs,

The climate in recent years is becoming more unpredictable. There were a lot of serious earthquakes and tsunamis, which we have never thought it would take so many lives. All of these consequences are because of the global warming, which means there is too much carbon dioxide emission in the air. As a result, the weather is unstable, and inevitably, the ice in the North and South are melting. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. The fact that water is always cooler than ground; however, in these years, the temperature in the seas and oceans are warmer. According to “Why I Must Speak out about Climate Change” by James Hensen, he said, “A warmer ocean releases CO2, just as a warm Coca-Cola does”. In other words, he is saying that since the ocean is warmer, the ocean will then release carbon dioxide. This causes many fish species die because the oceans are lack of oxygen. Even though the weather changes and there are numerous of disasters, we cannot deny that this is not cause by ourselves. If we want to change the situation, we are not only going to stop overfishing and prevent the oil spill but to change the whole practice of treating our nature. If not, we will be doing what Walt Whitman writes in The Compost, “It gives such divine materials to men, and accepts such leavings from men at last” (64). Whitman’s words directly point out the false concept of humankind, which is to use the resources