In today’s resource rich world,the discussion of overfishing has sparked fierce controversy.It poorly damages the diversity of marine life and leaves the livelihood of millions of people round the world at risk.The purpose of this essay is to explain the causes and track the overfishing problems with solutions.
One of the major reasons is that the fishing industry is profit-driven.As opposed to the normal marine species,endangered fishes can offer a higher value of income for fishing industry .Higher revenue of endangered species has exaggerated the ambition of fishing industry.Considerable amount of marine organisms were catched.The ocean cannot strike the balance between the number of producers and consumers,leading to the extinction of species,for instance shark,bluefin tuna.Another factor of overfishing is the emergency of advanced technology.Equipped with immense financial resources,professional fishing mechanism knowledge and mechanical support ,the fishing industry is a monopoly.Using fish sensors and catching machines,catching substantial amount of fish is treated as a piece of cake for fishing industry as they need not to pay that much effort when compared to the past.Unlike the fishing industry,fishermen does not have a huge financial support.Therefore the fishermen lose its competitive edge in fishing,facing a risk in their livelihood.Moreover,insufficient environmental education of citizen has contributed to the overfishing.The awareness of fish protection is not engraved in the mindset of both fishing industry and customers.Due to the fact that the citizen do not recognize overfishing is an acute issue,they are unable to consider the consequences until it happened.Thus,overfishing has become critical and acquire indicate attention from the public.
There are various actions that should be taken to alleviate the overfishing.In terms of monetary,taxation should be launched.In order to deterrent fishing industry from overfishing in a effective way,the government should give a standard number for each fishing period instead of a vague number.Fishing industry must bear the obligation and pay for the hefty fines if exceed number of fishes is caught.In terms of supervision,more labour should be introduced to cope with the lack of enforcement problems.Government organisation should give a precise patrol plan with specific location and timing,such as a pier and at evening.In terms of promotion,environmental organisation can set up a campaign to raise the attention of marine protection.Through posting an eye-catching poster and filming some humorous short reels about marine protection in social media,citizen will notice the pressing need to save the sea of world.
To sum up,overfishing is a global pressing need issue which cannot be neglected.Although overfishing can promote the development of the fishing industry, it is also crucial for us to find the balance between economic and environmental needs of the world.