Saturday, August 4, 2007

Coral Reefs and Human Interactions











My first post..ryt! ok!








Iam not sure how many readers have been snorkling/diving. I started snorkling about 3 years ago and it is truely amazing! Such soothing beauty and if ur in the ryt spot u won't hear a thing xcept ur under water breathing thru ur snorkel or diving gear thingy (i only did one coached dive then ran for ma life away from the coach and anything that is of any resemblance so i cant really remember the name of the thing u put in ur mouth to get the air!).




Point is, with the global warming and excessive fishing using dynamite and cyanide corals are in serious danger. That is only to mention the human impacts. Others such as diseases and epidemics, erosion and excessive predation from exotic or invasive species, can be regarded as natural causes (some are consequences of human impacts). In places like the phillipines cyanide stunning the fish around the corals is used for fishing in places where some rare and exotic species reside. ARGH!


It is sooo frustrating to know that people go about their business killing fish in such cruel ways. There is the discarded amounts of unwantd BY-CATCH that r increasing annually.Plus ghost fishing ==>discarded equipment that goes around being eaten or strangling fish, marine mammals and birds.

I honestly care about the fish and their biodiversity than the humans that eat them, so I will mention this but I'm not happy about it because it is a lose-lose situation for many fish any ways. HUMANS throw their shit (literally) and loads of other toxins from factories and improperly treated sewage from treatment plants etc. Examples are cadmium, zinc, uranium etc. These accumulate in the fish/sellfish (causing the famous ciguatera poisoning) and if minimal or early on in its manifest it allows the fish to look "healthy" and get EATEN by a human and he erm...dies!
In other cases, the fish and their population annnnnnnnd young get lesions, deformations, reproduction impairments etc.


Sad.

I just want every1 who reads this and is coincidentally unaware of the toxins and the cruelty in the process to take care of ur marine food (especially crustaceans as they have shown to accumulate more toxins) and try snorkling if u can! you won't regret it!

Best places for Coral Reef snorkling==> Aqaba in Jordan, Sinai on the Red Sea of Egypt, Red sea of Sudan, Australian waters of the Pacific.

2 comments:

Black Kush said...

Welcome aboard! I had always wanted to do some diving, but never had the chance. I promise myself if I ever go to Port Sudan, I will go snorkling. I had expatriate friends who have gone there for it.

Cool.

Scormnio said...

thanks!
u should really give it a try, a trusted source tells me its worth it! and diving---> u really should give it a fair chance, its really cool!