There is growing evidence that the increased amount of the fishing activity in the entire world is having a very serious effect on the health of the oceans as a whole. When commercially valuable species are overexploited‚ other species and habitat that share the same ecosystem are affected. According to many marine scientists and marine ecologists‚ unsustainable (overfishing) fishing is the greatest threat to the ocean ecosystems. For example‚ recent scientific studies suggest that overfishing of
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St. Croix‚ United States Virgin Islands (USVI) is a not too far away travel destination that makes you feel as if you are worlds away. The beautiful‚ aquamarine waters call from the ocean to be explored while the breeze dances through the palm trees above you. An ideal getaway for singles‚ couples‚ and families alike‚ St. Croix offers a little bit of everything that you would expect from an island vacation. Almost every St. Croix travel guide will highlight the amazing opportunities that abound
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Monterey Bay is one of the most well known ecosystems in the United States here’s a little about it. Monterey bay is home to 525 species of fish‚ 180 types of seabirds and shorebirds‚ and Monterey bay has a abundant amount of invertebrates and algae. Monterey bay also has a beautiful environment. Including the sandy dunes‚ rocky cliffs‚ rolling hills‚ steep mountains‚ and kelp forests. The total length of Monterey bay is over 5360 miles across. In that 5360 miles is the nation’s largest kelp forest
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“To drill or not to drill‚ that is the question” I think that this is a very difficult question to have to answer. I can see where both sides are coming from because in one sense drilling off the coast and in the Gulf of Mexico would help save our country money because we would not have to buy our oil from other countries. I also think it is somewhat of a good idea because if we were to drill here instead of buying our oil from other countries it would help provide more jobs for Americans which
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Golding uses the conch in the novel to symbolise democracy and civilisation. Golding wrote the novel as a parody to R.M Ballantyne’s novel “Coral Island” in which a number of boys are placed on an island‚ their behaviour is civilised and Ballantyne suggests though out his novel that the Pirates and savages are the only people on the island that had the potential for evil. Golding contradicts this as he wrote Lord of the Flies after WW2 and the ‘Cold War’ he was horrified at mans capacity for evil
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Interestingly enough‚ for decades it was believed that these turtles could only nest in coral reefs and as the reefs began to die out it was assumed that the chance of survival for the Hawksbill would as well. However‚ whether it was due to their adaptability or ‚ the turtles can indeed thrive in the estuary that makes up the Jiquilisco Bay
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come along and pick it up for them‚ but the truth is if you do not‚ why would they? Once the trash is in the ocean it is hard to get out‚ pollution has destroyed animals’ homes it makes the water filthy so some animals get sick and it also wrecks coral reefs and plants that marine life needs to survive. Trash is destroying animals’ homes and sometimes it even ends up killing
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The Lost City of Nan Madol Legends of lost cities like Atlantis and El Dorado have always fascinated mankind throughout the centuries‚ because of their mystery. But off the coast of Micronesia lies a real mysterious city called Nan Madol. Nan Madol is a ruined city that lies off the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei that was the capital of the Saudeleur dynasty until about 1628. It is in the present day Madolenihmw district of Pohnpei state‚ in the Federated States of Micronesia‚ my home land
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SPD 3147 Business Finance Semester 1‚ 2014/15 (Full-time) Group project Group: A02C Company name: Café de Coral Group (0341) Name: CHENG‚ Chi Fung (14062897S) LEUNG‚ Wai Han (14064891S) MA‚ Kit Man (14016174S) WONG‚ Chun Yin (14011688S) WONG‚ Chui Yi (14064750S) Introduction Café de Coral Group is the largest Chinese fast-food restaurant chain in Hong Kong which was founded in 1968. It has over 140 restaurants in Hong Kong with more than 14‚000 employees. The company slogan
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Section 1: The definition of marine protected area varies with people‚ and in reality‚ it is a term used globally to describe an area of sea especially dedicated to the protection‚ coupled with maintenance of biological diversity‚ and of natural and associated cultural resources‚ and managed or reserved by legal or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. In the U.S.‚ MPAs span a range of habitats including the open ocean‚ coastal areas‚ inter-tidal zones and estuaries;
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