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Overexploitation

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We are placing unprecedented pressure on marine resources Half the world?s marine fish populations are fully exploited 25% of fish population are overexploited and heading to extinction Total fisheries catch leveled off after 1998, despite increased fishing effort populations of all ocean species we fish for today will collapse by the year 2048 People began depleting sea life centuries ago Some species hunted to extinction: Steller?s sea cow, Atlantic gray whale, Caribbean monk seal Overharvesting of Chesapeake Bay oyster beds led to the collapse of its fishery, eutrophication, and hypoxia Decreased sea turtle populations causes overgrowth of sea grass and can cause sea grass wasting disease People never imagined that groundfish could be depleted

Aquaculture Issues

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Aquaculture issues • escaping of aquatic crops as an invasive species • the relationship between effluents, eutrophication or pollution of water bodies, and changes in the fauna of receiving waters • land use, in particular conversion of sensitive areas such as mangroves and wetlands • water use and water loss from surface water systems • overexploitation of stock over other resource uses, such as fish oil • predator control, such as the killing of birds near aquaculture facilities • genetic alteration of existing stocks from escaped hatchery products • antibiotic and hormone use, which may influence aquatics species near aquaculture facilities b) EPA’s aquaculture threat list Exotic Species Human Bias Habitat Loss and Degradation Overexploitation Aquaculture Pollution
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