| Boukhari, Sophie. "Marine Blues." UNESCO Courier. July-Aug. 1998: p13. Infotrac. In the article "Marine Blues" published by the UNESCO Courier in 1998, Sophie Boukhari presents the reader with an adequate supply of statistics and other information pretaining to marine pollution. She beings the article with a personal opinion as to why the oceans are becoming increasingly more polluted. Further along in the article, the reader finds that about twenty-five percent of marine pollution is due to the industry of shipping. Sixty percent is land based and the other fifteen- percent comes from offshore oil platforms. Marine pollution has increased to the point where some areas "are considered to be biologically dead." However, Boukhari gives no solutions to our problem. Carrasco, David. "Environment-Panama: Alternative Solutions to Marine Pollution." Environment Bulletin. 26th Jan. 2000. p20. Infotrac. According to reports, the Bay of Panama is becoming increasingly more polluted, and is growing ever closer to its death. There is hope yet though. As reported by David Carrasco, there are some solutions that are being looked into and seem quite promising. The main project is a "deep-well aerobic treatment process for waste-water." Other solutions to be considered are installing wastewater treatment plants and collectors that would help to greatly reduce the amount of pollution that enters the bay. However, with every solution there are bound to be a few problems. The main problem being the high cost of installing such expensive equipment. Another problem is finding qualified people that are willing, to work with the wastewater. Carrasco goes on, via an example of the Thames River that was successful, to show how this system could work if only the time, money, effort, and heart were put into it. "Kenyan Marine Life Pollution is a Disaster in the Making." Africa News Service. 11th April. 2000. p20. Infotrac. A news report put out by the Africa News Service on April 11th, 2000 reported that Kenya is not taking part in helping to put an end to marine pollution. Due to the "inappropriate fishing technology, trawling, waste disposal, and oil spillage" Kenya and the surrounding areas are "sitting on a" virtual "time bomb." According to the article, Kenya does not plan on doing anything about this problem until they can allocate the time to study the conventions that have been put forth. The article gives a feeling of that this will probably never happen. "Pollution Threatens Marine Fisheries in Bay of Bengal." Xinhua News Agency. 27th Sept. 1999. p12. Infotrac. Considered to be one of the best fishing grounds in the tropical countries, the Bay of Bengal is under the heavy weight of marine pollution. An estimated "1.5 million people in Bangladesh depend on fishing in the Bay of Bengal." The pollution that threatens this bay, is causing harm to the same fish that are feeding the people. Some of the types of pollution that are entering the bay are "industrial toxic waste, oil spilling, illegal and over-fishing, siltation and flood water stagnation," along with "an increase in inland wastes" are just a few of the causes of the pollution of this great fishing ground. To control this marine pollution, experts, as quoted in the article, urge "the government to bring the violators of environmental laws to book and suggested introducing mother vessels for collecting small fish thrown away by small fishing boats." Increased awareness of the problem was also a solution presented. Safina, Carl. "Cry of the Ancient Mariner: Even in the middle of the deep blue sea, the albatross feels the hard hand of humanity." Time. 26th April. 2000: v155: p38+. para23. Infotrac. A call to action is finally put forth by Carl Safina, author of the article "Cry of the Ancient Mariner" published in Time magizine on April 26th, 2000. Starting out with a beautiful picture of an albatross feeding its young chick, our view of marine pollution is suddenly changed when the author tells of how the mother attempts to retch up a green toothbrush. According to this article, people typically claim that oil-spills and oil dumping cause most marine pollution. However, the great majority of it actually comes from land and mankind. Carl goes on to show how several probable solutions only cause more problems, and how the good solutions actually work. The end of the article gives rise to the call of action in which Carl Safina states, "The oceans make our planet habitable, and the wealth of oceans spans nutritional, climatological, biological, aesthetic, spiritual, emotional, and ethical realms." |
| Annotated Bibliography Written by Christy Watkins Written for: Introduction to Research Writing Class: English 299 Pittsburg State University: Pittsburg, KS Spring 2001 |
| Infotrac is an online database that can be accesed by clicking on the split faced gorilla to the right of this text. The writer thanks the Pittsburg State University Library and the people that made Infotrac for giving her an excellent and quick source for finding information pretaining to topics she researches. |
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