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Blast fishing, fish bombing, dynamite fishing or grenade fishing is a destructive fishing practice using explosives to stun or kill schools of fish for easy collection. This often illegal practice is extremely destructive to the surrounding ecosystem , as the explosion often destroys the underlying habitat (such as coral reefs ) that supports ...
Other than climate change, trawling, dynamite fishing, and diving tourism also have large influence on the health of coral reefs. [24] Blast fishing, also called dynamite fishing, is a major contributor to the destruction of coral reefs. Even though blast fishing was banned in 1985, it still remains a huge threat to the Indonesia coral reefs.
The dead or stunned fish float to the surface of the water where they can be easily harvested. [13] The entire ecosystem, including coral reefs and other marine organisms, can be destroyed if they are within the blast radius. In the case of coral reefs, it may take hundreds of years to rebuild the ecosystem. [14]
Statues of Our Lady of Danajon and Santo Niño, referring to the Virgin Mary and Holy Child (Jesus Christ), were placed underwater in 2010 off the coast of Bohol to stop dynamite fishing in the Danajon Bank, a double barrier reef. Blast fishing was common in Danajon Bank, leading to destruction of the endangered coral reef—one of only six ...
Indonesia is home to one-third of the world's coral reefs, with coral that covers nearly 85,000 square kilometres (33,000 sq mi) and is home to one-quarter of its fish species. Indonesia's coral reefs are located in the heart of the Coral Triangle and have fallen victim to destructive fishing, tourism and bleaching. Data from LIPI in 1998 found ...
Nearby, a group of coral fragments was starting to take root; the researchers had nursed them back to health on land before they replanted them on the reef. Eventually, they plan to place 22,000 ...
Destructive fishing practices are fishing practices which easily result in irreversible damage to habitats and the sustainability of the fishery ecosystems.Such damages can be caused by direct physical destruction of the underwater landform and vegetation, overfishing (especially of keystone species), indiscriminate killing/maiming of aquatic life, disruption of vital reproductive cycles, and ...
Reef net fishing intercepts chinook, coho, sockeye, chum and pink salmon as they travel from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in the Fraser River near present-day Washington state and British Columbia.