Endangered Oceans
Endangered Oceans | Chapter 3 Preface
Many of those concerned about the oceans, from conservationists to fishers, have recommended strategies to promote sustainable fisheries. One proposed strategy is to ban the use of large bottom trawling gear that some analysts claim is destroying fisheries. Industry advocates argue, however, that these bans will economically devastate fishing communities without averting the damage that they are designed to prevent.
Bottom trawl nets are like enormous butterfly nets. The “footrope,” the bottom edge at the mouth of the net, is usually made of heavy-gauge chain rigged with...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: How Endangered Are the World’s Oceans and Coastlines?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Human Activities Threaten the World’s Oceans and Coastal Regions
- Human Efforts Are Improving the Condition of the World’s Oceans and Coastal Regions
- The World’s Ocean Fisheries Are Seriously Threatened
- Private Conservation Offers Hope for Ocean Fisheries
- Rising Sea Levels Threaten Coastal Regions
- Claims That Sea Levels Are Rising Are Unproven
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: What Ocean Management and Conservation Practices Should Be Pursued?
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Chapter 3: What Strategies Would Best Promote Sustainable Fishing?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Fully Protected Marine Reserves Will Promote Sustainable Fishing
- Fully Protected Marine Reserves Do Not Always Promote Sustainable Fishing
- Individual Fishing Quotas Will Benefit U.S. Fisheries
- Individual Fishing Quotas May Not Benefit Fisheries
- Federal Regulation of Aquaculture Is Necessary
- Alternatives to Government Regulation Will Promote the Growth of Aquaculture
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4: What Impact Do Human Activities Have on Marine Mammals?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Ban on Commercial Whaling Protects Endangered Whales
- The Ban on Commercial Whaling Is Unnecessary and Unfair
- Antisubmarine Sonar Threatens Marine Mammals
- Antisubmarine Sonar Does Not Threaten Marine Mammals
- Keeping Marine Mammals Captive in Theme Parks Promotes Conservation
- Keeping Marine Mammals Captive in Theme Parks Is Cruel
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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