Band 6+: Overfishing of the world's oceans threatens many species with extinction and is putting the livelihood of millions of people around the world at risk. What are the causes of this problem and what can be done to prevent it from happening? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words

Many fish species are endangered, and the subsistence of a large part of the world population is at risk due to overfishing. This is mainly due to the lack of awareness in communities and the enormous amount of money generated by this industry. However, there are some ways to prevent this issue.

One way to explain why overfishing is so developed worldwide is that these industries are generating a lot of money. Moreover, in order to generate more financial results, they are using the most effective process without any awareness or concern about the consequences. For example, fishing industries are using trawlers which can damage seabeads. Furthermore, this method contributes to a lost of species by fishing large amounts of fishes without any selection of types or sizes. Another cause of this problem is that there are no international laws to regulate overfishing in order to reduce the pression on the ecosytem. Therefore, without any consensus, it is encouraging big fishing industries to turn around the rules so as to continue their wealthy activities.

There are some solutions to tackle this problem. The first one is to promote information and sensibilisation in both fishing industry and population in order to generate awareness. In addition, it will give some different ways of fishing like more responsible ways by using life cycles for example as well as alternatives process types to reduce trawling. Some flyers as well as free learning sessions should be proposed both to industrials of this sector and costal inhabitants. Government ought to promote this owing to the risks linked to overfishing. The second way to reduce this issue is to define a clear international reglementation with laws and penalities. By doing that, it will protect less developed nations from rich countries who are fishing in their oceans in order to feed their growing populations.

In conclusion, it is true that the development of overfishing leads to fish threatened and so as to a livehood risk for everyone on the planet. While this problem has many causes, the solutions to prevent it can be by adopting new international rules of fishing regulation as well as promoting education for both population and industries.