Section 1 Marine protected areas (MPA) refer to the zones in which human activity has been placed under some restrictions for protection and restoration of the natural environment‚ its surrounding waters and the occupant ecosystems‚ and any cultural or historical resources that may require preservation or management. They play a dominant role in protecting marine biodiversity‚ ecosystem function and sustaining healthy coastal communities. MPA is relevant to biodiversity and scale‚ legal and
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Crime Scene Technician Verses Marine Biologist Ever since I was little I went fishing with my dad so my love for aquatic animals and the water is extreme.Because of that marine biologist would be good career choice for me. Another career choice I have considered was a crime scene technician because of my recently watching a tv show Hawaii 5-0. I have found that I really like the crime scene environment. Both careers differ in education‚ job qualities‚ and job tasks. But they are similar to each
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Ocean pollution is affecting the ocean and marine life in a negative way. Ocean pollution comes in forms from oil spills to a dust. In passage two it says‚”Ocean pollution occurs when potentially harmful or harmful sources of pollution reach the water.” Which provides a reason ocean pollution is harmful from potentially to harmful sources. Ocean pollution kills marine and sea animals and also seabirds. Ocean pollution is having a negative on sea life because it kills more than one million seabirds
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Oil Spills and Its Effects on Marine Life Many people do not realize the impact of the oil spills that occur in the ocean. It is like putting water into a heated oil frying substance. It is quite catastrophic. With all the oil spills that have already occurred it is important to help clean ‚and prevent oil spills from reoccuring. There is indeed a lot of reasons as to why we should clean and help prevent oil spills from happening but here are the three main reasons. First reason being oil spills
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Lesson 1.06 1) Explain the relationship between continental drift and the formation of the Earth’s Oceans? -The relationship between continental drift and the formation of the Earth’s Oceans stems from plate movement that occurred on Earth. There is a theory that all the continents were once all one big piece of land named Pangaea‚ and over millions and millions of years the land of Pangaea started to split apart into many different continents. It divided Panthalassa‚ the large global ocean that
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Marine issue 1 local sharks reflection The things i need to think about when doing my evaluation form. Was it done right how should have it been done and is it up to standard. I learned lots when completing the evaluation form. For example i learned what i did wrong what i was want to do and how i could have done it better. My group work very well together we did our part of the assignment and when we were finished we help others in our group better understand the work. We discuss what part of
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and Methods 2.1. Test Site MUSA’s sculptures were originally submerged in 2009. MUSA is located in the Cancun-Isla Mujeres Marine Park‚ which is in the waters surrounding the popular tourist destinations of Cancun and Isla Mujeres. MUSA is visited regularly by a combination of SCUBA divers and snorkelers. The marine park charges three US dollars for entrance into the marine park. This money is given to the government to provide protection of the reef. However evidence has found that this may not
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massive affect on marine life that are similar to whales. On the other hand‚ others think that underwater noise has absolutely no affect on marine life. Two affects of underwater noise on species of marine life similar to whales are causing them change feeding and diving patterns as well as causing their communications to be interrupted and making them respond cautiously and affecting their behavior‚ which still substantially affects them. The first effect on species of marine life akin to whales
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Controversial Role of Marine Protected Areas in Fishers Management Introduction Marine protected areas(MPAs)‚ what Kelleher and Kenchington from IUCN mentioned in 1992 has become the most commonly used definition of MPAs‚ “Any area of inter-tidal or sub-tidal terrain‚ together with its overlying water and associated flora‚ fauna‚ historical‚ or cultural features‚ which has been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.” (Kelleher and Kenchington
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What I Would Change As An SMA The first thing that I would change as an SMA would be P.T. For the soldiers that cannot pass a certain part of a P.T. test I believe that the soldier should mainly focus on the part of their P.T. test that they failed. For example‚ say you did good on your push-ups and on your sit-ups but you failed your run. Well the majority of us do P.T. with the rest of our company and the P.T. we do is all around instead of being focused on one thing that certain soldiers need
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