Protecting Marine Resources

Marine wildlife plays somewhat of a role in my life, in that I do sometimes eat fish, and I've been on some boats on the ocean a few times in the past year.  I believe that there needs to be some regulation with people hunting fish, so as to not annihilate ecosystems just so that these people can make some money.






The use of marine resources doesn't impact me that much on a personal level.  Like I said, I sometimes eat fish, but not very often, and I don't hunt fish, so all these things about fishing crews throwing back unwanted fish, isn't my fault.  However, after seeing the movie "Blackfish," I do feel sympathy for any marine mammals who are kept in captivity in such a way.






My thoughts on the protecting of marine resources can be more broadened by the things I learned in this class.  My Code of Ethics now is to eat fish more often so as to make it worth it for people who hunt them, and to not go to Sea World, because doing so would contribute to exploiting lives of real marine creatures.  I also intend to avoid littering the beaches or oceans, which I already do anyway.


Image taken from http://www.arb.ca.gov/ports/marinevess/ogv.htm

Whale Watch Field Trip

Yesterday I went to Gloucester and went on a boat.  It went several miles south east, past the breakwater, into the open ocean that had strong, fast hard-hitting waves.  After going about 26 miles or so, there were whales, Fin Whales, thirty of them, which is a very rare happening, seeing a pod that huge according to experts.  Most Fin Whales are born in the lower part of the Atlantic, in the month of January, and then by the beginning of spring, they go up here. Finally we went back to land, but it was quarter to three by the time we got back to the school, so I ended up walking home.


And my research project was very well done in my opinion.