Entangles fish, marine mammals, and sea birds, preventing them from feeding or causing them to drown. Dead zones: algal blooms consume oxygen, kills shellfish and displaces fish. Poisonous algae and countless plants and animals have invaded harbor waters and disrupted the local ecological balance. Destruction of coral reefs. Of the seventeen major world fisheries, four are depleted and the other thirteen are either fished to capacity or over-fished. Ghost nets: lost or discarded fishing nets keep on fishing. Nitrogen and phosphorus from sources such as fertilizer, sewage and detergents, enter coastal waters. Invasive species, such as zebra mussels. Cruise ships and tourists. Commercial marine fisheries
Entangles fish, marine mammals, and sea birds, preventing them from feeding or causing them to drown. Dead zones: algal blooms consume oxygen, kills shellfish and displaces fish. Poisonous algae and countless plants and animals have invaded harbor waters and disrupted the local ecological balance. Destruction of coral reefs. Of the seventeen major world fisheries, four are depleted and the other thirteen are either fished to capacity or over-fished. Ghost nets: lost or discarded fishing nets keep on fishing. Nitrogen and phosphorus from sources such as fertilizer, sewage and detergents, enter coastal waters. Invasive species, such as zebra mussels. Cruise ships and tourists. Commercial marine fisheries
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Transcribed Image Text:Entangles fish, marine mammals, and sea birds, preventing them from feeding or causing
them to drown.
Dead zones: algal blooms consume oxygen, kills shellfish and displaces fish.
Poisonous algae and countless plants and animals have invaded harbor waters and
disrupted the local ecological balance.
Destruction of coral reefs.
Of the seventeen major world fisheries, four are depleted and the other thirteen are
either fished to capacity or over-fished.
Ghost nets: lost or
discarded fishing nets
keep on fishing.
Nitrogen and phosphorus
from sources such as
fertilizer, sewage and
detergents, enter coastal
waters.
Invasive species, such as
zebra mussels.
Cruise ships and tourists.
Commercial marine
fisheries.
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"With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live." - Sylvia Earle
All life, including our own, depends on a healthy ocean. Yet we humans use Earth's oceans as a dumping ground. What we dump into our oceans
impacts all life, in some way or another.
Entangles fish, marine mammals, and sea birds, preventing them from feeding or causing
them to drown.
Dead zones: algal blooms consume oxygen, kills shellfish and displaces fish.
Poisonous algae and countless plants and animals have invaded harbor waters and
disrupted the local ecological balance.
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Ghost nets: lost or
discarded fishing nets
keep on fishing.
Nitrogen and phosphorus
from sources such as
fertilizer, sewage and
detergents, enter coastal
waters.
Invasive species, such as
zebra mussels.
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