Open+Ocean+Conservation

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:Positive Impact:
The Califonia Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is trying to prevent littering the ocean. One way that they are trying to help is putting a fee on plastic bags. Also, they are banning polystyrene. Another way is phasing out toxics in plastic packaging. Also, the inclusion of commonly-littered items into an EPR model like California's Container Recycling Law may help.They have called on legislators and local governments to adpot measures to reduce plastic marine debries pollution, as the list of ways that they are trying to stop littering the ocean suggested.

:Negative Impact:
The negative impact that humans bring to the open ocean can come in many forms, but the most famous of them (I think) is the very extreme impact of oil spills. waterencycopedia.com says, "Over half the ocean's waste oil comes from land-based sources and from unregulated recreational boating." There is also the impact of when an oil rig has a malfunction and spills into the ocean (BP as an example).

__ :Problem 1: __
Basically, we catch too many fish from the ocean. We also catch them in harmful and "different" ways then normal. Since we catch so much fish from the ocean, we are slowly draining the life that lives the ocean away.

__ :Solution 1: __
We could catch less fish, simply. Another option is not catching the fish until we are sure that the fish have laid eggs so we know that more fish are on their way. Or we could just eat less fish so the demand for catching fish in the ocean goes down. It will help us save the life of the ocean.

__ :Problem 2: __
Mercury pollution is going into the ocean and is poisining the fish. Later, they can poison us if we eat it.

__ :Solution: __
Their is no real solution to this large problem other than stopping it from happining from the start with laws that will be reinforced to protect the waters from this pollution.  BiomesFifth10 Open Ocean Home Open Ocean Facts Open Ocean Fiction Open Ocean Food Web Open Ocean Bibliography