Laws should be made to prevent people from dumping garbage into rivers, lakes, and oceans. Garbage belongs into a garbage can where it can be taken to a landfill. Instead, garbage should be thrown into where it belongs, the garbage can. When any debris needs to be gotten rid of, it should be done in the right way that is the least harmful to its surroundings. Throwing garbage into the ocean doesn't get rid of it. Just because you can't see the garbage, it doesn't meant that it isn't there.
Currently, there is no law about reporting everything that has fallen into the ocean. However, if there was, then it could help is dumped into the ocean. Although sometimes things dumped into the ocean are by accident. An effort should be made to report anything that has fallen into there. If we know what is in the oceans then there won't be massive amounts of unknown debris in the ocean. Although we can't do anything about it after it has fallen into the ocean because the currents will take away. The best thing that can be done is to prevent things from fallen into the ocean by securing everything on the ship and be cautious. With less garbage in the ocean, not only will there be cleaner water, but the animals will have a better habitat.
Another law that would be beneficial for our fish and environment is to stop the production of plastic bags. Plastic bags are not a necessity. You can use canvas bags when you go buy groceries. It is better than a plastic bag because it is durable and reusable. Plastic bags and break easily, but with canvas bags, you could probably use them for many years. Without plastic garbage bags, it will make your garbage can's gross and sticky, but all you need to do is wash it and it will be good as new. Why waste money on a plastic garbage bag when you can just not use one and in doing so, you save many fish as well.
An alternative would be having the governments in the surrounding areas to start a department in their ministry of environment to send people out in ships to search for debris in the ocean and pick up as much as they can. Once the garbage is picked up, it should be brought on land to biodegrade. Garbage breaks down faster on land than on ocean because the water in the ocean cools the debris, which prevents head build up and it limits UV light exposure as well. Not only would this help the environment, but it would increase the number of job opportunities. Another thing needed by the government is better law enforcing about littering. Since it is not very often that people get fined for littering, yet it happens so often, consequently, leading us to not take this law seriously.
I wish I could be – a manatee!
Live contentedly.
Swim in shallow tropic sea.
On sandy bed I’d sleep
Where it is not too deep.
Mistaken quite a lot
A mermaid I am not!
A mermaid I am not!
I wish I could be – a manatee!
Live contentedly.
Swim in shallow tropic seas.
A mammal herbivore
Eat sea plants nothing more.
Then surfacing for air
That’s when I must take care!
That’s when I must take care!
I wish I could be – a manatee!
Live contentedly.
Swim in shallow tropic seas.
But garbage in the sea
Boats crashing into me
And poachers of the seas
Are all my enemies!
They’re all my enemies.
I wish I could be – a manatee!
Live contentedly.
Swim in shallow tropic seas.
But my biggest fear
Is that we’ll disappear.
us or there’ll be
No more Manatee to see!
No Manatee to see!
No Manatee to see!
No Manatee to see!
I've got to say that I love that song. It seems simple; and it is. Everybody loves to go on vacation and look at the fish in the ocean. But we should start to realize that if we keep being so ignorant about our actions there might not be any more fish to look at. And what would we have to complain about when it's really our own fault?
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