Overfishing the World Big Fish Population

Over Fishing the World Big Fish Population Insert your Name here(predicate) SCI275 Axia College of University of Phoenix The overfishing of our worlds oceans is causing a depletion of about prize fish, such as tuna fish and swordfish, to the point that some scientists believe that 90% of these big fish populations have been fished out. Jeremy Jackson of the Scripps Institute of oceanology published a study in 2001 in which he asserts that overfishing is more destructive than toxic defilement or degrading water quality (University of Phoenix,2007).Dr. Daniel Pauly, Professor and Director of the University of British Columbias Fisheries Centre, describes it as follow on The Overfishing. org (2007) website The big fish, the bill fish, the groupers, the big things will be gone. It is happening now. If things go unchecked, well have a sea full of little horrible things that nobody wants to eat. We might end up with a marine junkyard rule by broadcastkton (Fishing down the food web,pa ra. 1).Among the scientific community there is little argument on how to finalise this issue. Research has found that the situation is reversible if addressed now, but states that it will require a reposition in attitude in how we ar using the oceans (University of Phoenix,2007). To address this issue now, so that we may flummox the worlds big fish population for future day generations, we must create a plan of action that includes the by-line steps (Young Peoples Trust for the Environment,n.. d. ). Begin with quotas on fish. We can base this quota on scientific estimates of which fish are the almost severely depleted, and adjustments can be made to the quotas according to reassessments done all few years as we monitor the repletion of the fish populations. Larger nets must to a fault be used. As the big fish population has declined, mesh size has gotten smaller. We must increase this back to the victor mesh size used perhaps 40 years ago, to allow the smaller fish to dro p and continue to grow and breed. International agreements to protect important habitats, such as spawning and nursing grounds of these peril big fish. Create a system that monitors the catch being brought in by fisheries, and independent fishermen, worldwide. mayhap assessing severe fines for those caught exceeding the quotas placed on the endangered fish, or fishing in controlled waters, so that the penalisation would exceed the expected gain. Educate fishermen on the fact that by following this plan, they are non losing their income but, in fact, helping to preserve their documentation Most commercial fishermen, such as Pete DuPruis, who owns and operates his own fishing vessel on the Pacific Ocean, will see this as a challenge to their ability to earn a living. DuPruis and his fellow fishermen must be educated to realize that by following the guidelines, we will ensure their livelihood for many years, and the industry for future generations of commercial fishermen.A presen tation should be made mandatory, as break off of renewing the commercial fishing license, showing the declining numbers in the big fish groups, and how by following these guidelines, we can sustain their industry and the fish population both. Once made to understand that only done these efforts can the world continue to rely on the oceans population as a source of food, and that all fishermen worldwide will be held to the same standards, the fishermen should go along with the management plan, take down if not happy about it.On the other side of the issue, environmentalists should be happy to help execute and provide data for this initiative to restock the worlds big fish population. By set this plan into practice, we will also resolve the other problems created by over fishing, as it effects not only the depleted fish population, but also the animals for which those fish are food of choice. Whales are act to sea otters for food, rather than the sea lions and eals on which they normally feed, as those populations also decline. Over fishing has also shitd the use, as stated earlier, of smaller mesh nets, increasing the amount of by catch that is caught in the nets. By catch is the seabirds, dolphins, sea turtles, and even whales that are also caught in the net as they drag it in, and are usually dumped back into the ocean, dead or dying. A drastic simplification in the amount of by catch will subsequently occur with the reinstating of the larger mesh nets.The management plan may cause fishermen to have to look into a second source of income for the first five to ten years, as the most severe restrictions are put into place, giving the fish populations can breed and repopulate, and a reassessment to be done by the scientific community charged with monitoring the big fish groups. Governments might be forced to subsidize the industry for this initial period, to help prevent illegal poaching by some fishermen who saw poaching as their only economic alternati ve.Consumers would have to reduce their use of fish, and would have to bear more for the fish they did purchase at the market during this period of regeneration, but the result should be the reduction of prices after the fish populations have been restored. The encouraging news is that, by employing this simple plan for the restoration and future sustainment of our oceans big fish populations, we will be able to enjoy them as a food source for the foreseeable future. Referecences Overfishing. org. (2007).Overfishing a global disaster. Retrieved November 07,2009 from http//overfishing. org/pages/why_is_overfishing_a_problem. php University of Phoenix. (2007). Declining fish stock vlr. Retrieved November 07,2009 from University of Phoenix, SCI275 Environmental erudition website at https//ecampus. phoenix. edu/secure/aapd/axia/sci275/multimedia/video/declinining_fish_stock. htm Young Peoples Trust for the Environment. (n.. d. ). Over fishing. Retrieved November 08,2009 from http//w ww. ypte. org. uk/environmental/over-fishing/29