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Reef Education Network (2001) “ ** A Finite Resource ** ” [|http://www.reef.edu.au/asp_pages/search.asp]

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1. Information on reefs is provided as well as stakeholders such as tourists, fishers, coral miners, and shippers. According to REN (Reef Education Network) tourists cause problems beacause of their carelesness. Miners pose a problem with spills, structural damage, and waste disposal. Shippers produce a huge amount of pollution like oil and noise. Oil let off from ships can kill reef creatures and the reef itself on contact. They tell you that reefs are continuing to be stressed by human actions. Since our need for resources is growing, the reef’s tension also grows. Most goals set for protecting have only been short-time. Sadly, with the way we act, reefs will need long-term care. If we don’t realize this, then those blockheads hurting the reefs will see that coral reefs aren’t an infinite source. The solutions proposed in this article have to do with the government, scientists, and the community. The government should have stronger laws about fishing so that there isn’t any over fishing. Two things that need to be policed are mining near the reefs and tourism. The government could enforce limitations and monitor what needs to be monitored. (Which is almost everything.) Scientists should do safe research to help clear up some of the mystifing facts. They also need to form steadfast bonds with the government and industries so that the research is used in a constructive way. The community needs general education on the coral reefs near them in order to understand what’s happening. This would lead to improvement in reef health. ======

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2. The text describes what a reefs is, in the very first part. Then it goes into each problem very specifically. Fishing is brought up twice, once to show that fishing is causing depletion in the density of marine life, and second time to say that over fishing messes up the food web and collecting fish is also hurting coral. The tourism section states that this new set of problems has to do with snorkelers, resorts, and carelessness. Snorkelers, and scuba divers alike, might accidentally crush coral reefs. Careless tourists can do the same things. Resorts cause runoff, sewage disposal problems, and eutrophication. Then mining on the reefs tells you that drilling near reefs can cause structural damage, and possibly oil spillage. Oil harms ecosystems when it contacts them. Shipping causes pollution, which hurts all marine life. The solutions are presented in the different levels of people who can do something. ======

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“Scientific research in these areas provides the answers to some of the mysteries of problems on the reefs, but there is a need to forge stronger links between science, industry and government management authorities so that research is done where it is needed, and that information used in a constructive way to minimize the impacts of resource exploitation on the reef.” ======

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4. This paper contributes to the solution section when it talks about how communities would understand how to take care of their local reefs if they were properly educated. The rest on “Shipping and the Marine Environment”, “Tourism”, “Overfishing and Collecting”, and “Fishing for the Future” all focus on the many problems coral reefs are having. ======