Dear Congressman,
There are 3 main concerns I have about some of the fishing limits we have here in our beautiful coastal community.
People used to harpoon three meter long 400 pound sword fish in rowboats; nowadays you are lucky to get a 100 pounder. Only ten percent of all large fish are left in the sea. The big fish in our ocean are being overfished; they are caught before they have a chance to reproduce. If big animals like these die out, our ecosystem will have severe changes that will make life harder for humans. New laws need to be made about fishing for large fish.
The gorgeous coral reefs we have here provide shelter, habitat, and food for myriad species. They are as rich in species as rain forests. But the condition of the reef is at a sharp decline. One of the biggest factors to this is underwater trawling for fish. This involves towing a big net along the bottom of the sea floor. To catch more fish boats have begun doing this at coral reefs. This tows and destroys the beautiful ecosystems that are coral. These practices must be outlawed.
The demand for sea food has increased over the years, and to keep up with these demands some boats are using high tech devices developed in the cold war. They help them fish with greater accuracy and speed. Because of this many deep sea species of fish are dying out. Scientists warn that species such as cod, tuna, haddock, flounder, and swordfish could be extremely scarce within a decade. This would put many establishments that rely on fish out of business. These techniques that involve high tech machinery should be put on a decline instead of our amazing animals that are fish.
These are the three main concerns I have as a citizen about the fishing limits we have here in our beautiful coastal community. I urge you to take action and save the fish that we have left.
From,
J.R. Oldham
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