Mesmerizing Sea Life

Gillnets, a dangerous mesh gear that indiscriminately kills every animal that has been entangled including turtles and manatees. The size of fish caught can be determined by the size of the mesh, helping to avoid catching juvenile fish. While targeting particular marine species, the gillnets carry the risk of bycatch(When one species is been targeted, the other has been suffered). Off the shore of California, large mesh drift gillnets are been used to catch swordfish which have been killing endangered turtles, whales and other marine species for years. This fishing have been resulted in killing more dolphins off the coast of California than the U.S. West Coast and Alaska fisheries combined. The NOAA fisheries have implemented strict limits known as hard caps, on the number of dolphins, whales and turtles that can be injured in catching swordfish. The Belize Government protected its waters from gillnets. Our essential allies in this battle were many local fishers who understood up close...

Beneath the surface, the ocean is teemed with lot of life rather than any other biodiversity. Corals are the main reason and primary source of life for countless animals. But these reefs have been reached an endangered state because of the human activities. Most of the corals have been wiped out due to pollution, unrealistic fishing activities and climate change. Due to warm water temperatures, corals reach to a stress sate which results in releasing the algae present in their tissues which makes the coral white. This is referred as coral bleaching, but that doesn't mean the coral is dead. A coral can survive a bleaching event, but if the water warms more it results in the dead of the coral. In 2005, most of the corals have been died due to extreme bleaching event. This thermal stress is much greater than compared in all the 20 years. Not only warm waters, even cold waters can result to bleaching. In 2010, cool waters in Florida have been made some serious damage to the coral which...

The coastal California is a place for many abundant animals among which the seven abalone species are most famous. Even this brilliant miniature have sustained native tribes for thousands of years. These species have been nearly wiped out by overfishing, disease and climate changes. Especially, the white and black abalone have been marked as endangered species. There is an evidence that the native tribes would harvest sites, move to new locations when the abalone become scarce. Which gave them a chance to sustain years without depleting. Not only as a food, the shells have been used as tools, coins, as decorative emblems and even as a artifacts. But in the 1700's the Spanish colonizers, gave abalone in exchange of sea otter pelts, which is the primary food source for the species. On a contrary, many sea otter pelts have been killed which made them nearly go extinct. Because adult abalone and their larvae can’t travel very far, they are extremely prone to a phenomenon referred as “s...

What do you think when you have been asked "what do you know about ocean?" The possible answers would be "marine life, beautiful waves, beaches or ship wrecks, blah, blah..." But do you ever thought that there are many strange phenomenon's happen in the ocean due to currents and weather. Here are the top 5 weird phenomenon 1. Fog Tsunami At a first sight, these appears to be giant tsunami headed towards us. But this is a strange phenomenon caused during the late spring or early summer. When the warm water condensates with the cool ocean water causing a massive amount of fog. 2. Waterspout A waterspout is a spinning column of air and mist that develops on lakes, rivers and sea. They fall into 2 categories: fine weather and tornadic. Fine weather spouts are formed on the surface of the water and works its way upward. While tornadic thunderstorms are more dangerous which are formed on the water and accompanied with high tides, large hail and severe lightning. 3. Ma...

  In my childhood, I have dreamt myself as Ariel, who is funny, crazy, curious, brave, the list goes on. Coming to the characterization, Little Ariel is the seventh-born daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena of an underwater kingdom called Atlantica. In the first movie, this little mermaid was always curious to know about the human people. When she falls in love with the human prince. In order make her way to the human world, the little mermaid makes a deal with Ursula, a sea witch to meet Eric. However, Ariel ends up in trouble without knowing the evil plans of the witch. The Little Mermaid was tremendous success for the Disney during its release in the year 1989, where they have been praised for the animation. Following the movie, there were 2 direct-to-video sequels "The Little Mermaid: Return To The Sea" and "The Little Mermaid: The Ariel's Beginning". The Little Mermaid has also been played as an animated television series, which is a feast for eyes duri...

Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, Susan McAlester along with a group of researchers experiment and harvest the brain tissue of genetically altered sharks. when the island facility backers send an executive to investigate the experiments. The regular procedure goes wrong and the over-sized sharks attacking the creators and outnumbering them. The team must fight back and stop them from escaping into the ocean and stop breeding. Even though the movie doesn't reach the standards, it has a lot of horrifying parts. One which is where Samuel L.Jackson got surprisingly eaten by the shark while speaking to the team. Here are some of the shots from the movie This science fiction thriller has been directed by Renny Harlin featuring Thomas Jake as Carter Blake and Saffron Burrows as Dr. Susan McAlester. 

Like geysers and hot springs on land, hydrothermal vent acts as a system to transport chemicals and heat from the interior of the earth. This stunning discovery has made in 1977 while scientists have been exploring the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.  Hydrothermal vents are formed in areas with high tectonic activity, including the edges of tectonic plates, undersea mountain ranges, and seamounts, and mid-ocean ridges. Where they emit hot, mineral-rich fluids from beneath the seafloor. The water escaping from these vents are characterized by different physical and chemical factors, which include minerals, temperatures, and flow levels of their plumes. The low and high concentrations of minerals are referred to as white and black smokers. Hydrothermal fluid temperatures can reach up to 400 °C or more, but they do not boil due to high pressures at the deep ocean. Despite the extreme temperatures and pressures where these vents occur are completely dark and photosynthesis is impossible. ...