My First Blog Post
Ocean Conservation
As of 2020, there are 5.25 trillion macro and micro pieces of plastic in the ocean. That makes 46,000 pieces of plastic every square mile. 8 million pieces of plastic make their way into the ocean every day, and all of the plastic weighs up to 269,000 tonnes. There are many groups working to conserve the ocean and the life in them.
One group is Oceana. Oceana is the largest ocean conservation group in the world. They focus solely on marine conservation. They are an international group, and they have already saved nearly 4 million square million square miles of ocean. Oceana’s goal is to restore the ocean. Their slogan is ‘Save the ocean, feed the world.’ They want to save marine life so that people can have healthy meals. According to Oceana, “Restoring the ocean could feed 1 billion people a healthy seafood meal every day.”
A different group is called the Project AWARE Foundation. Project AWARE is spread across 182 countries. They have made 217,552 conservational efforts, and removed 1,800,906 pieces of plastic and debris from the ocean. Their goal is to have a healthy and clean ocean by 2030. They believe that there will be a time when the ocean won’t need protecting. They believe that they exist to “Connect the passion for ocean adventure with the purpose of marine conservation.”
In 2020, one big ocean conservation victory was the solar-powered LED-lighted fishing nets. The lights on the nets help alert sea turtles of the net’s presence and make sure they don’t swim into them. The LED nets will help solve the problem of the hundreds of thousands of sea turtles that die every year because they get caught in fishing nets. Hopefully, this will help keep the sea turtles away from the nets, and help keep them safe.
The ocean is in a lot of danger, with global warming, the trash and plastic, and other things too, like overfishing and whaling. Many people do things like beach clean-ups, and others join larger groups to do things like dives. Everyone can make a difference.
Works Cited
“2020’s Most Epic Conservation Wins.” World Wildlife Fund, 10 Dec. 2020, www.worldwildlife.org/stories/2020-s-most-epic-conservation-wins. Accessed Jan. 2021.
“Google.” Google.com, www.google.com/?safe=active&ssui=on. Accessed Jan. 2021.
“Oceana.” Oceana, 2019, oceana.org/. Accessed Jan. 2021.
“Project AWARE Homepage | Project AWARE.” Projectaware.org, 2019, www.projectaware.org/. Accessed Jan. 2021.
Hi, By reading your text I noticed that you put a lot of effort into the research and I was amazed by the amount of trash that goes in the ocean. I think your topic was great because people need to be more aware about the trash in the ocean.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great topic to blog about! People really should try to clean up the oceans better. I hope that people will be careful with their plastic, don't you?
ReplyDeleteI definitely hope that people should be more careful with their plastic and should be more aware of the trash and plastic in the ocean. I am very glad there are groups out there helping to get plastic and trash out of the ocean. Have you ever done anything like clean-ups or other things to help in your neighborhood or community?
ReplyDeleteIt is just so sad that the ocean is getting so much pollution every year. I feel so bad for all of the sea animals trying to strive in the ocean. This was such an interesting topic to write about and I just want to learn more. Do you think this problem will be solved by 2030?
ReplyDeleteI think that it depends on what we do about the plastic and trash in the ocean. I think it's possible if we do enough, but a study says that 300 million tons of plastic and trash will be in the ocean by 2030. I hope we do take enough action to solve this by 2030, because this will probably only going to get worse until we really try to make it better.
DeleteI loved how you suggested sourses to help save the ocean. a few years ago I had an idea to put on the colored light so animals wouldnt go into the nets! How do the they recignise the lights as nets?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I don't think that they would know know the lights are nets, but I think that they will see the lights and know to get away. The lights will probably make them scared, and they would probably stay away from the areas where they were seeing them.
DeleteI enjoyed how you explained a couple of the different ocean conservation groups, and what they do to help make a difference. I have seen those nets that are lighted before, and I think they are a great alternative for keeping ocean animals safe. My one question is how much plastic ends up in the ocean every year?
ReplyDeleteEach year about 8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean. I think this situation is really getting out of hand. The faster we start working to clean up our planet, the less we will need to finish.
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