Fresh/Saltwater Fish

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Fresh/Saltwater Fish

• By Sara Babakioff

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Causes of Death

• Water pollution/toxic wastes
• Over fishing
• Global Warming

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Types of Water Pollution

• Oil spills, nitrogen, phosphorous, untreated
  sewage, fertilizer, mining residue, and plastic
  waste are all examples of pollution that is toxic
  to fish.

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Lethal Incident in China!

• On August 29th, Yongcheng County opened a sluice
  to release water contaminated with both sewage
  and industrial waste into the ocean which was
  stored for a long period of time
• 450,000 fish died

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Over Fishing

• Off sets the natural food chain
• The whole ecosystem becomes degraded
• Not enough adult fish can find mates so theres
  not enough breeding
• Ultimately reduces populations drastically to the
  point of no recovery

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Reasons for Over fishing

• The government doesnt intervene
• Too much profit is involved
• More jobs available to people

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Global Warming

• Climate change will force fish to relocate in
  colder regions up North
• This will effect the ecosystem balance, fisheries
  and the crucial food source for countries and
  marine life
• Since theres more fish now in Arctic regions,
  theres an increase of fishing there
• Stunting the growth of deep water fish by 30
  from 50 years ago

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Death due to pollution
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What we can do to help

• Reduce your ecological footprint!
• Never pour toxic substances down the drain
• Use Non toxic substances
• Buy fish that have the lowest impact
• Educate others!

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The Aftermath

• Over the past half-century, the world's annual
  fish catch has risen from 18 tonnes to 95 tonnes
• Much of the fish we consume now are poisoned by
  pollutants
• We are losing species of fish and other marine
  life

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Bibliography

• http//www.grinningplanet.com/2005/07-26/water-pol
  lution-facts-article.htm
• http//www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/06/cont
  ent_751624.htm
• http//overfishing.org/pages/what_is_overfishing.p
  hp
• http//www.takepart.com/news/2009/02/12/climate-ch
  ange-threatens-fish-populations-itotd/
• http//news.mongabay.com/2007/0423-fish_climate.ht
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• Courtesy to Google Images