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Life Below Water
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Pollution
Vehicle Pollution
Fuel Efficient Cars
Ride A Bike
Carpool
Reduce Pollutants :
Dispose of Chemicals Properly
Non-Toxic Chemicals
Avoid Chemical Fertilizers
Recycle :recycle:
Stop Using Plastic Bags
Reusable Shopping Bags
Recycling Bins/Programs
Lower Energy Use
Turn off Appliances
Turn off appliances when not in use
Keep thermostat at a reasonable temperature
Beach Litter
Garbage On the Beach in the Dominican Republic (
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/07/22/garbage-plastic-wave-dominican-republic-parley-for-the-oceans-jm-orig.cnn
)
Reduce Waste
Use Decomposable Materials
Metal silverware and Cloth Napkins
Refillable Water Bottles
Overfishing
Catch & Release
Set a limit on how many fish can be caught in one area
Too Much Capacity
Control the access and number and types of ships that are allowed to fish
End Subsidies
This includes cheaper fuel, gear and shipping vessels. Access to these types of inputs at below market rates increases fishing activities and ultimately leads to depletion of fish stocks, lower fishing yields, and decreased incomes for fishers.
https://www.oecd.org/agriculture/government-subsidies-overfishing/
Creating Protected Areas
Do not allow fishing in certain areas which means more fish for local fishermen and industrial fishers.
https://aambpublicoceantoday.blob.core.windows.net/oceantodayprod/media/marineprotectedareas/otkn_060_marineprotectedareas_lg.mp4
Destroys the Habitats
Bottom trolling, dragging nets along the ocean floor, using cyanide, and dynamite
Medicine
marine invertebrates produce more antibiotic, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory substances than any group of terrestrial organisms
groups include sponges, tunicates, ascidians, bryozoans, octocorals, and some molluscs, annelids, and echinoderms.
scientists have extracted at least 20,000 new biochemical substances from marine creatures
A pioneer of marine bioprospecting was Paul Scheuer, an organic chemist and a refugee from Nazi Germany
Alzheimers
Restore Ecosystem
https://youtu.be/4wBe9UiTMaA
Eat Sustainable Seafood
Reduce Carbon Footprint
Cut down on carbon dioxide
Vote On Ocean Issues
Contact your local and state officals
Avoid Ocean Harming Products
Certain cosmetics
Jewlery
souvenir shells
Leave Nothing Behind
Collect and dispose of trash on beaches
Protect Habitats
providing nursery areas for young fish
offering shelter from predators
Economy
more than 90% of trade using sea routes
tourism and fisheries are key sources of income and jobs
accelerating the growth
offshore wind energy
growing aquaculture
marine biotechnologies
affected by climate change, ocean pollution and overfishing
increase the economic benefits to small island developing
