Coral+Reef+Conservation

=**__﻿ ﻿Coral Reef Conservation __**=

**__ Positive Human Impact __**
Humans have impact on coral reefs in both positive and negative way. Camilo Mora at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada wrote a paper on how coral reefs are changing because of human population. He said that a positive example on how humans effect the coral reefs is when humans go fishing it controls the fish population. Another example of a way humans impact coral reef in a positive way is that some people join groups dedicated to saving coral reefs. The groups go around the world educating people about the harm being done to the coral reefs. The also convince people not to buy fish that have been caught by harming the coral reefs. Fisherman use underwater explosions, which destroy the corals and flatten the reef structure.

__** ﻿Problem 2 and its Possible Solution **__
There are many problems changing coral reefs. One example of a problem is global climate change. Climate change may cause increases in sea temperature, sea level, and the oceans current patterns. Coral are very sensitive to the water temperature changing and when the temperature rises it causes the coral to bleach. The government needs to realize what is happening to the coral reefs. The government should educate both the people and the industry but we need to help too. We can help by reducing the energy we use. We can think about taking the bus instead of getting driven to school. If there is less cars on the road, the less greenhouse gasses are produced.

=__ ﻿﻿Negative Human Impact __= =__ Tourism- __=

Increase in tourism is responsible for increase in reef damage.
Human Impacts can be both negative and positive on the Coral Reefs. Coral Reefs attract tourist every year, bringing much needed currency to the tropical region. The increase in ecotourism is usually accompanied by an increase in reef damage. Divers and snorkelers may harm the corals by touching the polyps, also while the boats transporting ecotourists to the reef, it may damage the reef by dragging there anchors. Although ecotourism is responsible for the damage, if it is carefully monitored and managed, ecotourism may actually help preserve these valuable habitats.

= ﻿__Problem 1 and possible solution.__ =

International trade is driving over fishing and the selected removal of key groups from the coral reefs.
There are many problems in the Coral reefs but one of the biggest is over fishing. Some major groups include Groupers and Wrasses for the live fish trade. Dead fish and invertebrates for food and medicinal products, and ornamentals including sharks, sea cucumbers, Sea Stars, Mollusks and Sea horses. The marine ornamentals trade for the pet industry often targets rare fish and coral species, as these can be some of the highest prices. Also polyp corals which tend to be some of the slowest growing and the least common. The use of destructive fishing practices, such as the use of cyanide, is spreading throughout the Indo-Pacific as fishing boats venture farther to find new unexploited fishing grounds. There is also a strong worl-wide concern that some coral reef species are threatened or may become threatened through trade. This includes over 2000 species of hard corals, black coral, giant clams, Queen conch, and sea turtles.

All the recent studies show that the fisheries management is not simply trying to limit catch numbers. Its also to limit the amount of catches.



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