It’s great to continue my discussion with you on the Great Barrier Reef, I hope you are still enjoying this as much as I am! Over the week I have done a lot of research on the natural resources that we as humans need in order to live our lives, which so happens to be fish. The Great Barrier Reef is a major source for this natural resource as the fish use the coral as their living grounds. I had no idea how dependant they were on the coral, which makes sense why coral reef areas have bans and protected areas due to overfishing.
Here is a picture that shows the home of the coral reef to these thousands of fish
The coral in the Great Barrier Reef is so large that it is home to probably millions of fish where they live and produce which gives us as humans more fish to consume. If we were to continue fishing at a large impact this would not only affect the reef, but also limit our resource of fish. We need to protect these areas better, and stop overfishing! Having only selected areas that allows fishing would be the best possible solution in my opinion.
In addition to my blogs about the damage done by Cyclone Yasi and the huge amount of rain to the Great Barrier Reef and the years it will take to recover from this, I can see how local fishing industries have also been greatly affected. With areas where the coral was completely damaged and killed from the storms impact, I know that this would have killed a large amount of fish, damaging their home and therefore, losing a huge portion of our natural resource! This is extremely sad to see, and I hope the fishing industry is not too affected by this in the Queensland area. Hope you enjoyed my blog on overfishing this week, and I will keep you posted as I look more into our beautiful UNESCO Heritage Site the Great Barrier Reef!
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