The Dangers of Cyanide Fishing

Cyanide fishing is type of fishing that involves cyanide filled squirt bottles that divers squirt at exotic fish to stun them and allow them to be captured. The reason why so many people are using this method is because it is easier to catch exotic fish this way than by using a net. These fish are caught for aquariums and for expensive seafood places. Cyanide fishing is illegal in most of Indonesia but it is very hard to enforce these laws and the lure of big money is always very appealing to many people. But Cyanide fishing has many big problems. The release of the cyanide is killing the coral reefs and cause cancer in many of the fish that are caught. There is also a small
dose of cyanide that can be passed through to humans if they are eaten. I feel that this practice of fishing is very dangerous to humans and the coral reef ecosystems and should be stopped. One way we could try and prevent cyanide fishing is by regulating the cyanide market in Indonesia and find a way to shut down the exotic fish market so that there would be no reason to fish for them. Cyanide fishing should be stopped for the dangers it poses to humans and the
Earth.
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