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Illustration of a ball-style watering trough for livestock
Livestock watering system
Side-view of a livestock trough with food inside
Livestock Feed Trough
Cut away view of livestock water trough
Livestock Water Trough
A marine protected area is a zone designated as a no-fishing or limited fishing or harvest area. This is a resource management practice that may be used when the marine resources are at risk due to human and natural activities such as over-fishing, habitat destruction, invasive species, and/or climate change.
Marine protected area
The queen conch is an important cultural and economic resource for Caribbean countries, but populations are in decline due primarily to overfishing and poaching.
Strombus gigas (Queen Conch)
Illustration of a fish trap used in Chilika Lake, a brackish water lagoon spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India.
Fish trap 2
Illustration of a finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Neophocaena phocaenoides (Finless Porpoise)
Illustration indicating total organic carbon (TOC)
Total organic carbon (TOC)
Illustration of a milk carton, a key product of a dairy.
Dairy: milk
Illustration of Heliopora coerulea (Blue Coral), which is so named as the skeleton is blue. It is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to overharvesting for the aquarium industry.
Heliopora coerulea (Blue Coral)
Conceptual diagram illustrating Alligator Reef, which is limited in growth by the amount of exposed Pleistocene bedrock. The washing effect of water through the tidal pass has exposed peat and sandy sediments upon which coral reefs cannot become established.
Alligator Reef growth limitation
Iconic representation of overfishing
Overfishing
Conceptual diagram illustrating the structure of a coral polyp.
Structure of a coral polyp
David Needham adds formalin to sample bacteria and viruses in a tributary of Monie Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve
Sampling bacteria and viruses in Monie Bay, NERRS
MPAs can be effective as a complementary management tool to
protect marine ecosystems and the resources they provide for the
benefit of locals. Community engagement in the MPA is critical to reach
management, conservation and livelihood targets.
Benefits of a marine protected area (MPA)
Conceptual diagram illustrating an American eel's life cycle based in the coastal bays of Maryland.
The life cycle of the american eel
Illustration of Anguilla rostrata (American Eel) leptocephalus
Anguilla rostrata (American Eel) : leptocephalus
Remnants from the sugar cane plantation era, these boiling pots for sugar production now serve as watering troughs for cattle.
Free range cow drinks from sugar cane boiling pot
Illustration of Orcinus orca (Orca)
Orcinus orca (Orca)
Illustration of wood-split fencing
Wood-split fencing 01
Illustration of Hypnea musciformis
Hypnea musciformis
Illustration of Kyoto protocol sign
Kyoto protocol
Illustration of Stenella longirostris (Spinner Dolphin)
Stenella longirostris (Spinner Dolphin)
Illustration of mosquito
Mosquito 1
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