Contributor's Note
Comment:
The quality of life of human beings, and the existence of human life, are interdependent with the ocean ecosystems.
The health of marine ecosystems directly affect our health. Oceanic dynamics are affected by global warming, and these dynamics affect human civilization profoundly -- as seen through the phenomena such as the Tsunami in Indonesia, Hurricane Katrina, and wild fires in California, and floods throughout the midwest of the U.S.
The optimum health of ocean ecosystems must be our pursuit. Monitoring the factors of oceanic ecosystem health should be implemented for as many factors as possible -- fisheries being among those which are monitorable. Including fisheries in the current law should be continued -- towards ensuring ocean ecosystem protection.
