The Samar Sea has experienced a significant degradation of marine resources, that is even characterized as "ecocide". Before 1981, there were 50 commercial fish species, but within 10 years, it was reduced to only 10 due to overfishing and destructive fishing methods (like dynamite fishing). Average daily catch has reduced from 30 kg/day in the 1960s, to 8 kg/day in 1981, to 3.5 kg/day in 1991. Having depleted the large predatory fish, fishermen turned to smaller species, allowing jellyfish populations to explode.[2]
Deforestation of surrounding lands has led to increased silt from denuded mountains that choke coral reefs. Only some 5% of reefs are considered to be in a healthy condition. Another result of the increased silt are red tides, causing paralytic shellfish poisonings. The first red tide in the Philippines occurred in the Samar Sea in 1983 and thereafter continued to occur at irregular intervals.[2]
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^"Samar Sea: Philippines". Geographic.org. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
^ abJ. Saeger (1993). "The Samar Sea, Philippines: a decade of devastation". Naga, the ICLARM Quarterly. 16 (4): 4–6. ISSN 0116-290X. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
October 15, 2023
samar, small, within, philippine, archipelago, situated, between, bicol, region, luzon, eastern, visayas, seen, from, space, north, towards, right, location, within, philippinesshow, visayas, philippines, show, philippineslocationbicol, regioneastern, visayasc. The Samar Sea is a small sea within the Philippine archipelago situated between the Bicol Region of Luzon and the Eastern Visayas 1 Samar SeaThe sea seen from space north is towards the right Samar SeaLocation within the PhilippinesShow map of VisayasSamar SeaSamar Sea Philippines Show map of PhilippinesLocationBicol RegionEastern VisayasCoordinates11 49 30 N 124 30 00 E 11 82500 N 124 50000 E 11 82500 124 50000TypeseaEtymologySamarIt is bordered by the islands of Samar to the east Leyte to the south Masbate to the west and Luzon to the north The sea is connected to the Philippine Sea to the north via San Bernardino Strait to Leyte Gulf to the southeast via San Juanico Strait to the Visayan Sea to the southwest and to the Sibuyan Sea to the northwest via Masbate Pass and Ticao Pass It contains Biliran Island the islands of Almagro Maripipi Sto Nino Daram and Tagapul an The Samar Sea has experienced a significant degradation of marine resources that is even characterized as ecocide Before 1981 there were 50 commercial fish species but within 10 years it was reduced to only 10 due to overfishing and destructive fishing methods like dynamite fishing Average daily catch has reduced from 30 kg day in the 1960s to 8 kg day in 1981 to 3 5 kg day in 1991 Having depleted the large predatory fish fishermen turned to smaller species allowing jellyfish populations to explode 2 Deforestation of surrounding lands has led to increased silt from denuded mountains that choke coral reefs Only some 5 of reefs are considered to be in a healthy condition Another result of the increased silt are red tides causing paralytic shellfish poisonings The first red tide in the Philippines occurred in the Samar Sea in 1983 and thereafter continued to occur at irregular intervals 2 References Edit Samar Sea Philippines Geographic org Retrieved 22 July 2013 a b J Saeger 1993 The Samar Sea Philippines a decade of devastation Naga the ICLARM Quarterly 16 4 4 6 ISSN 0116 290X Retrieved 25 September 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samar Sea amp oldid 1177069742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
