What You Can Do to Help Marine Life
1. If you keep a saltwater tank, only buy Marine Aquarium Council certified - to ensure your fish are sustainably caught. In captivity, reef fish die every year in aquariums in the US alone.
2. Never return aquarium fish into the ocean or other body of water - This practice has introduced non-native species to many areas, disrupting the balance of marine ecosystems, often causing widespread destruction.
3. If you learn to dive, learn to dive responsibly - Don't touch the reefs or marine life, and don't take souvenirs. Only leave bubbles.
4. Stop eating unsustainably caught seafood - Only 10% of the big fish that once lived in the ocean remain today and they are likely not coming back soon. According to a recent study, if we don't limit fishing and seafood consumption now, there will be no more fish in the next 50 years. Overfished species are rapidly becoming endangered. Species caught by accident and usually thrown back dead, are also being depleted and they not even targeted!
5. Vote - Vote for candidates who support marine conservation and contact your representatives to notify them of your concerns for marine life and the marine environment. We only have one ocean.
6. Support Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and support organizations working to establish Marine Protected Areas.
7. Take your kids to the beach - A fun day at the beach can inspire years of wonder and provides a perfect opportunity to teach your kids about the ocean.
8. Don't walk on dunes - Dunes provide a barrier to wind and water to prevent beach erosion and often contain native plants vital to local ecosystems.
9. Keep beaches clean - it is a massive issue supported by many, over and over again, but it is a very serious issue. Plastic, fishing line, and other debris harm sea life and pollute the ocean. Clean up after yourself but don't dispose of your trash in the ocean.
10. Practice safe and clean boating - Obey no-wake zones, and watch out for marine life. There are at least tens of thousands of recreational boats in the water at any one time. A drop of oil from each is tens of thousands of drops in the ocean each day.... It all adds up fast.
11. Use environmentally friendly cleaning agents, boat opaint, or any other products.
2. Never return aquarium fish into the ocean or other body of water - This practice has introduced non-native species to many areas, disrupting the balance of marine ecosystems, often causing widespread destruction.
3. If you learn to dive, learn to dive responsibly - Don't touch the reefs or marine life, and don't take souvenirs. Only leave bubbles.
4. Stop eating unsustainably caught seafood - Only 10% of the big fish that once lived in the ocean remain today and they are likely not coming back soon. According to a recent study, if we don't limit fishing and seafood consumption now, there will be no more fish in the next 50 years. Overfished species are rapidly becoming endangered. Species caught by accident and usually thrown back dead, are also being depleted and they not even targeted!
5. Vote - Vote for candidates who support marine conservation and contact your representatives to notify them of your concerns for marine life and the marine environment. We only have one ocean.
6. Support Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and support organizations working to establish Marine Protected Areas.
7. Take your kids to the beach - A fun day at the beach can inspire years of wonder and provides a perfect opportunity to teach your kids about the ocean.
8. Don't walk on dunes - Dunes provide a barrier to wind and water to prevent beach erosion and often contain native plants vital to local ecosystems.
9. Keep beaches clean - it is a massive issue supported by many, over and over again, but it is a very serious issue. Plastic, fishing line, and other debris harm sea life and pollute the ocean. Clean up after yourself but don't dispose of your trash in the ocean.
10. Practice safe and clean boating - Obey no-wake zones, and watch out for marine life. There are at least tens of thousands of recreational boats in the water at any one time. A drop of oil from each is tens of thousands of drops in the ocean each day.... It all adds up fast.
11. Use environmentally friendly cleaning agents, boat opaint, or any other products.
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