Limiting factors of Overfishing
ByLimiting factors
A limiting factor is an act that decreases or tampers with the population of and ecosystem. There are many different limiting factors of healthly fish communities depending on the overfishing company but there are three main ones:
Poor Fisheries Management: poor fishing management is when a company doesn’t listen to government limits and lacks rules. These companies often lack supervision and oversight. As a result overfishing is taken place killing the population of fish before than can rebreed. The Patagonian tooth-fish can only breed at least at the age of ten years old making it very hard for the Patagonian tooth-fish population to stay afloat.
Unsustainable Fishing: unsustainable fishing is when incorrect fishing methods are used for example nets that catch too many fish at once or nets that catch other species of animals like sea turtles, octopuses, larger fish, small whales, sharks, and dolphins as a result of bycatching.
Food Needs: many overfishing companies overfish because of the demand of fish in markets and stores. As the population slowly goes up each year the need for food gets larger and larger and some fishing companies make the incorrect decision to overfish.
Human impact: humans play a huge impact on overfishing they create the nets and boats that make overfishing possible. The technology used is able to see and catch fish deeper than you’re a normal row boat. The boats and technology that catch the fish were designed for war which also haul up sea birds and bycatched animals.
Carrying capacity: These factors (food needs, unsustainable fishing, and poor fishing management) impact the capacity of fish ecosystems because overfishing wipes out huge families of fish at once making a huge decrease in the fish population. Without overfishing fish could breed faster bringing the population up significantly.
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