Moderate Development Is Tied to Reef Damage

Beaun

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NYTimes Article

NYTimes today has an interesting article on moderately developed areas having a larger effect on reefs than highly developed and low development. The moderate developed areas have the money to buy the resources to fish effectively but not enough to buy other fish. Its a short read.
 
that was realy interesting, although i am not so sure i agree with that. (i am probably in the wrong so please correct me if that is the case)

first off, as i understand it commercial fishing would be considered highest up on the ladder.

when you consider that commercial fishing tredges up reefs all over the world reducing them to rubble in seconds, or that they kill off the key species, or that it waste 54 million tons of fich yearly, or that on average every 1 made cost 1.77, but taxes pay for over head, and that commercial fishing is able to go farther, deeper and longer, and finaly that it has very few loop hole free legislation for protection.

i like to think that the commercial fishing can do more damage.

sure the midle as it was called can devastate some in shore reefs, maybe up to 90 feet (dont bring u the diving asian ladies, they cant devastate a reef on their own) but cant commercial fishing do all the damage a small fishing village does anualy in a single catch?


and think of all the ports that had to be dredged out because nations that became more developed wanted commercial fishing, but didn't have any deep enough ports. the excess sediment kills off lots of corals. as does the excess sediment in higher p countries beach front condos.


jmo,
jmo

please correct where wrong
 
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