Destroy or Protect... The Ocean

Have you ever wondered how life would be without the ocean? If you could not eat fish or you could not swim in the ocean during summer? The ocean covers about 71 percent of the earth’s surface. It is providing food, jobs, and resources for people and habitat for many different animals. It is threatened because of destructive human activity. People should protect the ocean not destroy it.

People do many different things that hurt the ocean. Many oil tanks are crossing world’s oceans. If they sink, oil will get in the water. Many seabirds will get oil in their feathers and they can’t fly anymore. Algae will die and decay and use up all the oxygen, which will cause animals to die. In many places overfishing is happening. People catch too much fish. In a few years some fish that we like to eat may go extinct. Many fisheries catch fish that are not their target. For example dolphins, turtles, and sharks. Often they throw the dead or dying animals back into the sea. Around 8 percent of the total global catch is thrown back into the water. Obviously, the ocean is in danger.

I think that it is time to protect the ocean because it is one of the most important resources people have. To help protect the ocean people could limit the amount of fish they catch each year and which kind of fish. To be sure what you catch people could install a little camera in their nets, to monitor what is being caught. Also they should make the oil tanks more secure so they wouldn’t sink so easily. Think about what you can do to save the ocean. You could throw your trash where it belongs, not on the coast lines of the ocean or raise money and donate to an organization that helps the ocean. Are you ready to save the ocean?

By: Isabel S.