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The Human impacts on the coral reef!!

Negative Impact The negative impact that people have on the coral reefs is over fishing. Coral reefs are suffering. Over fishing has also made devastating impacts o﻿n the coral reefs. All sorts of fish are dying. Aggressing fishing methods have hurt the coral reefs a lot some of them even not reparable. Over fishing has really hurt the Great Barrier Reef. The over fishing has caused the reefs ecosystem to shift.



Positive Human Impact A positive impact humans are doing on the coral reefs is having preserves. The Blowing Rocks Preserve on Jupiter Island, by Florida, is a wonder place that protects a variety of natural habitats including a stretch of coral reef. No tourist can take a boat out on the water, or even go near the water. Many places like the Blowing Rocks Preserve have rules like these to protect the natural life in the area. A huge variety of animals live in these areas and can live there without being harmed by fishers and tourists thanks to the preserves.



More Problems Another problem that needs to be addressed by humans is the pollution in the coral reefs. We can all fix this problem by throwing stuff in the trash and not leaving stuff on the beaches or in near by storm drains. The trash can get washed into the water and can kill many fish or hurt them because they think it is food. Another way we can solve this problem is by picking up trash we see on the shore instead of leaving it there.



More problems One more problem that needs to be addressed by humans is Global Aquarium Trade. An estimate of around 2 million people keep aquariums in their house of exotic fish and other small animals found in the coral reefs. People will pay a lot of money to have a beautiful fish in their aquarium that was caught in the coral reefs. This is a problem because population of animals in the coral reefs have decreased. We can also think of this as helping animals in coral reefs not get hurt by other negetive imapacts, like over fishing, but to much of it is also bad. We can solve this problem by not taking as many animals from coral reefs.



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