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    Depleting Bluefin Tuna

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    Japanese fishing vessels are over-fishing this species to extinction. The depletion of the Bluefin Tuna has lead to environmental and economical consequences. Due to the extremely high Japanese demand for tuna and its cost‚ laws preventing the overfishing have not been successful. (Transition: The Japanese have always depended heavily on fish as a source of income) 1. Japanese Fleets Over-Fishing a. Tuna is being harvested faster than the species can reproduce itself b.

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    Saving Lake Malawi

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    environmental destruction in order to preserve their Lake. One of the biggest problems facing Lake Malawi is high population. As the population growth rate increases‚ the demand of fish increases and the lake faces a serious problem of overfishing. The Malawi National Wildlife organization conducted a research into one of the fishing community along the lake and found that between 1910 and 1992 the population had increased. The town of Chembe‚ a fishing community along the lake‚ had a population

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    West Coast Fisheries

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    been a deterioration of the West Coast fisheries. (Clarke‚ Wallace & Earle‚ 2006) Some challenges that the West Coast fisheries face are changes in the environment with leads to global warming‚ overfishing‚ and lack of a salmon fishing treaty. Both Canadians as well as Americans put into practise overfishing at mistaken measures due to improvement in machinery and technology. Not only is the west coast subject to high levels of fishing pressure. Fishing practices‚ such as trawling for prawns‚ are permitted

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    Debate second affirmative

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    Good afternoon‚ Ladies and Gentlemen. I am the second speaker for the affirmative team and I will be continuing my team’s case tonight‚ “¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Overfishing: Ecosystem management ensures a future for fisheries.” I will firstly start with some rebuttal. Speaker 1 of the opposing team said “(¬¬¬make sure to add a lot I need it)" He/she also stated “(¬¬¬make sure to add a lot I need it)" Now onto my debate. The first speaker from our team stated and explained why over fishing is a

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    Sharks and Australian Fisheries The Fishing industry is the 5th largest food producing industry in Australia. Annually it puts $2.2 billion dollars into our economy each year (afma.gov‚ 2013). Australians consume approximately 16kg of fish and seafood per person per year. This amounts to a lot of fish needed to sustain such a demanding population. Therefore the most important issue for fisheries in Australia is to ensure the ecological sustainability of fish stocks in the long term so that ecosystems

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    Sustainable Societies Professor C Y Jim Department of Geography The University of Hong Kong GEOG1016 Nature Conservation for Sustainable Societies / Professor C Y Jim 1 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF  MARINE FISHERIES INTRODUCTION GLOBAL FISHERY STATUS PREVALENCE OF OVERFISHING  SALVAGING GLOBAL FISHERY CASE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL WHALING GEOG1016 Nature Conservation for Sustainable Societies / Professor C Y Jim 2 1 Earth as a water planet (the blue planet) GEOG1016 Nature Conservation for Sustainable Societies /

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    Others argue that fishing industries should continue as they do now. Fishing industries provide multiple job opportunities‚ the fishing industries have a large variety of jobs from fishing to tinning. New skills are earned from working at a fishing industry‚ also providing experiences to write in their resume (Connect Us Fund 1). This provides more sources of income‚ providing more tax money to the government‚ then helping the economy (Connect Us Fund 1). Industrial fishing companies have provided

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    Grass Decomposition Lab

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    Grass Decomposition Lab Problem: How do temperature‚ sunlight‚ amount of moisture‚ and presence of oxygen affect the decomposition of grass? Controlled Variable: Amount of grass and water in each container. Independent Variable: temperature‚ sunlight‚ amount of moisture‚ presence of oxygen. Dependent Variable: decomposition rate of grass. Hypothesis: I believe that there will be the most decomposition in high temperatures‚ low sunlight‚ low amount of moisture‚ and high presense

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    history Sba

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    many parts of the world. If the peak oil theory proves true‚ more explorations of viable alternative energy sources‚ could be more friendly to the environment Overfishing and marine The human impact of fishing involves different issues such as the availability of fish to be caught‚ such as overfishing‚ fisheries‚ and fisheries management; and issues that involve the impact of fishing on other elements of the environment‚ such as by-catch. These conservation issues are part of

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    Saving Precious Remains

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    Environmental problems in the Philippines There are few signs today of the Philippines’ once sprawling rainforests. With a growing trend in human population‚ it is hoped that the country’s marine environment will not suffer the same fate. Overfishing and destructive fishing Fishers in the Philippines are increasingly coming home with pitiful catches. Of a number of factors which have led to this situation‚ one stands out: over-fishing in many areas. According to the Asian Development Bank

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