The Impact of the Fishing Industry

      In this article, I learned that over fishing is a huge problem that we currently have and it contributes to a lot of our pollution. I had no idea that 'over fishing' was a thing and some of the methods that the article talks about that people/companies use to fish honestly blew my mind away.
    First of all, over fishing is the removal of fish at a huge rate to the point that the species cannot 'replenish' themselves in time. This obviously leads to a bunch of problems in our world's ecosystem, and that's why it affects us so much. As the article said, the fishing industry affects a lot of marine conservation issues. Some of these include fish population, water pollution, and a thing called habitat degradation. One of the ways that mass fishing happen sis by "netting". This is when a fisherman literally drags a huge net across the bed of the ocean floor. This destroys the coral reefs that are sometimes on the sea floor. The coral reef is home to many different kinds of species and is an essential part of the ocean. Another way that over fishing occurs is by using explosions. This kills fish underwater but also pollutes the ocean.
     This is an important topic that I personally think we should all know about. We don't really think about it when we enjoy our seafood, because I certainly don't, but we should know about how we are receiving our food and where it comes from and how it can affect our world.


Mayra Galvan Romero

Source: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/all-about-the-fishing-industry.html