Aquaculture Essay

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From over fishing to massive coral collection, the world’s reefs are in danger of shrinking or even going away completely. This problem is quickly compounded with the popularity of aquarium reef keeping. While most of the problems faced on the great reefs are man-made, there are also great strides being made to keep the environments healthy and thriving. Fishing and cultivations laws are being put in place that limit what can be taken from the ocean to combat the problems caused these problems. This, in combination with the aquaculture movement, is making strides to keep our precious natural reef and their inhabitants in place. Weather your first exposure to the underwater world of reefs was through scuba diving, snorkeling, a friend’s aquarium or simply watching Disney’s Finding Nemo, the beauty of ocean’s reefs are quickly realized. Many people capture a portion of this beauty by joining the reef keeping hobby and owning a small portion of the reef in their home aquarium. From over fishing and cultivation, native fish and coral species are starting to decline. Many popular coral species prized in the reef keeping hoppy are even starting to appear on the endangered species list. Fish that once thrived in schools are now in limited supply. With the popularity of home aquariums, these problems are only expanded as numbers continued to dwindle. Efforts are starting to be made to negate the problem of these demands. One of the effects of the steady decline is that many states and countries now limit or prohibit the collection of corals and fish. Florida explicitly forbids the collection of stony corals, fire corals, and octocorals while the country of Australia is looking to ban the collection of all corals off their coasts. To further limit collection numbers, Fiji prohibits the use of underwater breathing apparatus while fishing or collecting. The main reason for

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