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Free Report: Blast Fishing: A threat |
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by Sandhya Adhikari | 11-08-2020 03:02
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According to Jerker Tamelander, head of the Coral Reef Unit at UN Environment,
"Blast fishing is an extremely short-sighted fishing method because it destroys the coral reef on which fisherfolk depend,” Blast fishing also called dynamite fishing is a greatly destructive as well as illegal method of capturing fish via dynamites or any other type of explosive on ocean or fish rearing place to send shock waves through water for killing fish which later are collected and sold.Dynamites is an explosive chemicals based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin using diatomaceous earth as an adsorbent. When having glace to the history, it has been recorded from Africa in the early 1960s. There is the huge consequences of blast fishing on Tanzania. It has huge impact on the aquatic ecosystem and biodiversity, blast shatter the coral, destroy the habitat which result in drastic reduction in catches, affecting food security. Often it causes beach erosion as the reef don't provide protection from the sea. Dynamite fishing (homemade bomb) is set off under water to kill fish for easy collection. The dead fish floating to the surface are then simply scooped up. The explosives used destroy the marine environment, leaving it devoid of life. Besides killing and injuring fish, these blasts leave behind rubble and broken corals on the sea floor, destroying habitat for all reef species. Not only these bombs kill all marine life around them, the repeated bombings will shatter the dead sub-structure of the coral and create dead zones destroying biodiversity and ecosystems by removing the main life support system for many species. This technique is not an appropriate one which should be eradicated and addressed by the implementation of strict law. |
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12 Comments
Thank you @Shobita
Posted 01-09-2020 14:05
Thank You @sonika
Posted 01-09-2020 14:05
Thank You so much Sang su Mentor
Posted 01-09-2020 14:04
Thanks Alok
Posted 01-09-2020 14:04
Thank you so much @Taehyun Mentor
Posted 01-09-2020 14:04
Thank you so much @Aarati dd
Posted 01-09-2020 14:03
Hi Sandhya Adhikari, this is a mentor, Sang Su Lee.
Even though blast fishing is comfortable fishing technique for fishermen, we always have to pay for this convenience. The natural and eco-friendly fishing method should be preferred.
Green cheers~!
Posted 25-08-2020 01:43
Thank you for the report!
Posted 13-08-2020 15:08
Hello Sandhya,
I hope you are fine and doing great!
Thanks for sharing about Blast fishing and its so sad to know about it.It looks dengerous.
Regards,
Sonika
Posted 12-08-2020 17:38
Hello Sandhy,
This was a useful report on "Blast Fishing: A threat"
Thank you for the writing.
Regards,
Posted 12-08-2020 17:32
Hello Sandhya Adhikari this is mentor Taehyun!
Thank you for your article on "Blast Fishing." In fact, it looks very destructive, but if you reduce it to a small scale, it connects to catching fish using shock waves that have traditionally been done in some Asian countries. It is said that he threw a big stone to shock the fish and fainted the fish, which is more destructive than necessary, and above all, he destroys the ecosystem of other seas while catching fish, so it should be avoided.
Thank you for the report!
Green cheers!
Posted 11-08-2020 15:20
Greetings Sandhya,
I hope you are doing fine and is doing great wherever you are,
Its very sad to know about the blast fishing and how it has destroyed the coral reef and other aquatic animals with it.
This should definitely be eradicated with the existing law. Thank you so much for addressing this issues through your informative report.
Posted 11-08-2020 12:51