What is dynamite fishing solution?
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Asked by: Solomon Montez
Dynamite fishing (homemade bomb) is set off under water to kill fish for easy collection. The dead fish floating to the surface are then simply scooped up. The explosives used destroy the marine environment, leaving it devoid of life.
What is the cause of dynamite fishing?
Dynamite fishing may be viewed as something that arose due to economic necessity. Marginal fishers who practice this unsustainable method of fishing appear to be victims of unfair competition imposed by the large, commercial fishers.
What are the three effects of dynamite fishing?
Dynamite fishing creates a wave of destruction. It not only threatens coral reefs, but it also leads to a decline in fish populations, affects coastal communities and small fisheries trying to compete with industrial trawlers, and has a negative impact on the tourist industry.
Why do fishermen use dynamite fishing?
Alino explained, coral reefs have a better chance of surviving. Dynamite fishing destroys both the food chain and the corals where the fish nest and grow. Blast fishing kills the entire food chain, including plankton, fish both large and small, and the juveniles that do not grow old enough to spawn.
What is the advantage of dynamite fishing?
Restoring degraded reefs
They are made from reinforcing bars which are readily available locally and are easy to handle and get into the water. The aim of the project is to bring an end to fish blasting and to promote recovery of coral reefs that have been degraded or destroyed as a result of this practice.
Where is dynamite fishing most common?
Tanzania
Dynamite or blast fishing remains the most pervasive destructive fishing method in the coastal waters of Tanzania. It constitutes a major threat to small-scale fisheries through degradation of reefs and other critical habitats for fish.
What is the effect of dynamite fishing in our environment?
Dynamite fishing is a major conservation concern as the blasts from the bombs fragment the calcium carbonate coral skeletons and reduce the reefs to rubble. This destroys important habitat and nesting sites for many fish and invertebrate species.
Who invented dynamite fishing?
Some records say the practice began in the Philippines, where fishermen used dynamite left over from the two world wars. However, there is evidence that it was practiced in Peru even earlier.
