Examine the sustainability of
ocean fishing. [10 marks]
The movie “The End
of the Line” explains to us how the ecosystem is in danger, how much
fishermen’s catches in the ocean endangering the endangered species. It
describes how much fish were caught overtime and the result it leads to the
global depletion of fish stocks.
There are some
negative results of overfishing. Because of the loss of fish in some oceans,
many people lost their jobs. In 1992, fish were out of existence in Europe,
especially England, which affected 40,000 people to lose their jobs. Moreover,
in 1980, the rate of the fish declined to the 10% of those in 1952. All the
graphs about changes of fish population show a rapid decline of the amount of
sea animals.
As shown in the graph, the amount of the cod is declining. Also, the percent of species
collapsed are increasing, which means that the seafood species are declining
its rate.
Fish would migrate
to other areas in the world that would explain why fishermen would not catch as
much fish as before. Take China for an example, they have been catching more
fishes than in other countries. People are worried that fishes would run out,
the prices for fishes would increase; biggest problem in the world. Furthermore,
to catch a lot of fish, people are blocking the way fish are moving. Tunas that
migrate from Mediterranean Sea to Atlantic Ocean are getting caught by people
who are waiting for fish to start migrating.
As the increasing
population of people, demands for fish are expected to be higher than those of
now. However, fish should be sustained in order to prevent extinction of sea
animal. Now, 50% of the fishes caught from the North Sea was illegal. The world
decided to protect marine areas and put up ‘No Fishing Zones’ . To add more to
that, one of the biggest company, Mitsubishi controlled increasing 40% of blue
fin fish tuna. There are some ways to prevent extinction of fish; cutting fish
fleet, creating campaigns about saving sea animals, and making some illegal
zones for people catch fish.
