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Best Ways to Keep the Ocean Clean

Ways to Keep the Ocean Clean

By Son SimPublished 3 years ago 5 min read
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Best Ways to Keep the Ocean Clean
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports that three-quarters of the world's fishing grounds are overfished, exploited, or depleted. Sustainable seafood refers to seafood that has been harvested in a way that takes into account the long-term impact on marine species and the livelihoods of fishing-dependent communities, as well as long-term fishing and ecosystems. By choosing sustainable seafood, you can eliminate such practices as bottom fishing where boats roll over nets, catch anything that comes in their way, and push fish that have fallen or died on the sea.

Find out what politicians in your province are doing for the environment and see how they plan to provide a clean sea for future generations. Find out [PDF] about the fish you buy and how they are caught before you eat your next meal by asking at your local store or restaurant for their selection of properly grown marine fish, which protects the marine environment while not polluting the water. Look for words like "leashed," "diver catch," "catch" and "harvest" when you buy seafood at grocery stores and restaurants.

If your country is not doing enough at sea, write letters and contact elected officials and local environmental groups to recruit. Inform your loved ones of what they can do to help them do little to protect our beloved ocean. You can also donate to one of our three partner organizations near your heart.

Go online, view a documentary, grab a book from the library, or one of the many ways to learn more about the ocean without getting out of bed. The more we learn about the dangers of seawater, the more we will learn about the steps we can take to protect it. Greenpeace 1) has requested other non-plastic methods such as plastic water bottles, drinking aircraft, plastic cups, coffee cups, bags, balloons, plastic wrap, food containers, and removing containers listed in 10 ways to help save the oceans.

Write a letter to your favorite restaurants and urge them to stop using styrofoam and plastic products that are used once. To reduce the impact of climate change on the oceans, you need to be careful about the use of your energy at home and at work. The simplest political and environmental activist is to decide where you will spend your money and consider voting for a dollar.

Carbon emissions contribute to global warming, increase water temperatures, increase sea levels, cause coral reefs, alter the distribution of species, and increase sea acidity. Pesticides and house cleaners enter the sea with water and affect the health of the sea and its animals. Thinking about the cleaning products you use is an effective way to reduce your impact on the world.

In 2015, National Geographic revealed that 8 million tons of plastic are stored in our oceans every year. This adds to the estimated 150 million tons already circulating in our maritime regions. Plastic bags, packaging, lumps, and contaminated clusters explode in landfills and end up at sea and in waterways.

Avoid placing your aquarium with wild and freshwater fish and never let go of sea fish or other waterways, as this practice does not bring species to life and can be harmful to exist ecosystems. Read animal feed labels carefully and consider the stability of seafood when choosing pet food. Never clean cat litter as it may contain germs that are harmful to marine life.

Neglected handling and litter are major causes of plastic waste in the world's oceans. Garbage avoidance is an important step in ensuring that your plastic waste is disposed of safely and not just in our seas and elsewhere. Never allow aquatic fish or other sea creatures to enter the oceans, rivers, or other bodies of water.

Recycling is important in reducing the use of plastic and the most effective way to prevent new plastic from entering the sea. Alternatively, you should try to buy products that can be used often, such as food containers, bags, and face masks.

Waste generated when the products you buy are thrown away can end up in the ocean. A recent study found that 12.9 billion face masks and 6.5 billion gloves were used in the months leading up to the epidemic - most of which ended up in the ocean when they were introduced by species such as seabirds and sea turtles, which they considered food. To prevent this and to ensure that you dispose of COVID 19 waste safely, try disposable masks or ask restaurants not to donate plastic containers when ordering food to be picked up.

Plastic has become a popular item because of its ease of use and durability, but if discarded and finds its way into the ocean as a product it can take up to 600 years to decompose, putting the oceans and their inhabitants at great risk. 8 million tons of plastic are found in the oceans and seas each year - bad news for marine species. This can cause serious damage to marine life.

Global fish stocks are being destroyed by overnight demand, loss of habitat, and unsustainable fishing methods. According to the World Wildlife Federation, planetary fishing vessels are two or three times the size of the world's oceans. Ninety percent of the world's fishing grounds are exploited or over-exploited, and billions of fish and other marine animals are lost each year as a result of overfishing or overfishing.

To be a good steward and leave a prosperous ocean for future generations, we need to make changes, big and small, as much as possible. Minimize your impact by handling recyclable water bottles, storing food in disposable containers, bringing your own backpack or another recyclable bag when you buy, and reusing if possible.

Here are five simple things you can do in 10 minutes or less to make a beautiful difference in the sea around you. When plastic bags, once-used food containers, the packaging of snacks, and other contaminants are cleaned in local water and stored in the sea, posing a serious threat to marine life. Seabirds, tortoises, seals, and other animals confuse floating plastic with food, get stuck in it, and die.

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