DFW research revealed that the Arafura Sea supplied an average of 18.6 tons of dried shark fins per year in 2018-20. “That’s just reported data. I believe the number that goes unreported is much greater than that,” Abdi said.

Data from BKIPM also show a high supply of sharks from eastern Indonesia. On average, more than 177 metric tons of sharks were shipped from this single port annually between 2018 and 2022.

The Export of Fisheries Products 2017-2021 published by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries 2022 stated that 492.3 tons of shark fins that were dried and preserved were exported in 2021.

In contrast to data from BKIPM, the total export volume was 40% higher, totaling 689.7 tons. In addition, ministry documents reported that exports of frozen sharks were 4,032.3 tons, but according to BKIPM data, it was 4,785 tons

The large difference in these two reports are extremely worrying because it means that even their official counts are off because of the lack of proper monitoring.

This will give you more information about coastal eutrophication, explaining why it happens, what causes it, and how it affects the ocean. You’ll also learn how this problem is hurting Indonesia’s coasts, like in Jakarta Bay and the Musi Estuary. Plus, find out what we can do to help protect our seas and marine life.

The plastic pollution in below oceans.

What is this absolute state of disaster? Surely... this issue should not be let to continue! But what should we do, a citizen merely just not from government or any organization? Well, here's your chance now.

Join me, Leo V., as we delve into the quest to save the world, well, partially.

Collect plastic as much as you can, and put them into the recycle bin, the place where they're supposed to be. If you are eager to save Indonesia and the 1 million lives yearly threatened or killed, simply click the link down below in this text. Onward, adventurer!

The link. Good luck:

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1067712040/fullscreen/

P.s., this game was made using Scratch.

1. Reduce consumer waste. (Bring your own bottle, reduce single-use plastic in your daily life, etc.) Most ocean pollution comes from plastic.

2. Dispose of waste PROPERLY.

   Marine litter is often the product of poorly managed waste on land.

3. Volunteer.

   Volunteer in any beach clean-ups, or environment organizations to help.

4. Spread the message!

   Though our actions alone can make a difference, but we also need others' help to make a bigger difference.

https://www.epa.gov/trash-free-waters/what-you-can-do-about-trash-pollution

East Kalimantan is home to one of the largest mangrove forests in Indonesia. The mangrove forest is a victim of deforestation, rapidly declining over the years dating way back to the 1990s. People cut down these trees to convert the land for aquaculture and illegal logging. Aquaculture cannot replace the biodiversity it had to begin with, but this fact unfortunately does not stop the act of deforestation.

The article below compares the changes made in the areas affected over the years.

https://www.ykan.or.id/en/publications/articles/perspectives/the-dynamic-of-mangroves-and-ponds-change-in-east-kalimantan/#:~:text=The%20condition%20of%20mangroves%20in,mangrove%20destruction%20in%20the%20world.

Declining catches and increasingly distant fishing grounds were reported in a number of marine areas in Indonesia, including the Malacca Strait, eastern Sumatra waters, Java Sea, and Bali Strait. In a study measuring the impact of overfishing on fishermen's income in Rokan Hilir Regency, Riau Province, it was found that overfishing has caused a 68.91% decrease in fishermen's catch and a 68.72% decrease in fishermen's catch income.

According to a recent four-year study by an international study group (environmental scientists and economists), all seafood from wild species is now projected to be extinct by 2050, with an estimated 90% depletion.

if the fish in the sea begin to decrease, then fishermen will find it difficult to catch fish. In fact, the role of fishermen is also important because fish is one of the foods that we often consume. If there are no more fish in the sea, we will no longer eat fish, right?

Nevertheless, God has created the ocean as a part of this world for men to foster and harness. It is our duty to not only use the ocean to our own advantage, but to also take a a good care of it.

From the coasts of Madagascar, to the Isles of Wight, let all the oceans (and earth) praise the Lord!

The big message is that oceans aren't for trash. We shouldn't throw plastic in them. Instead, we can:

Use less plastic

Use things more than once

Recycle

Our title talks about 'Waves of Change.' This means we can make things better if we all work together.

The poster says it's important to understand why plastic is bad for oceans. Once we know this, we can change how we act.

We give three easy tips to help:

Use bags and containers you can use again and again

Don't buy things made of plastic that you only use once

Learn how to recycle the right way

By doing these simple things, we can all help keep plastic out of the ocean. Everyone can do their part to make a difference!

Every Action, However Small, Can make a Difference.

Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.

However, at the current time, there is a continuous deterioration of coastal waters owing to pollution, and ocean acidification is having an adversarial effect on the functioning of ecosystems and biodiversity. This is also negatively impacting small-scale fisheries. 

Saving our ocean must remain a priority. Marine biodiversity is critical to the health of people and our planet. Marine protected areas need to be effectively managed and well-resourced and regulations need to be put in place to reduce overfishing, marine pollution, and ocean acidification.

The oceans will not disappear because of climate change, but what lives in it might and they are just as important. Few might know this, but oceans both bind carbon monoxide, as well as host algae that produces oxygen, essential systems that are now under threat due to ocean acidification. 

However, pollution and destruction of its habitat damage submarine life and our own. And the increase of climate disasters is directly related.

We have to stop it!

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When solar radiation enters Earth's atmosphere, about half is reflected back into space by the atmosphere and clouds. The remaining half is absorbed by the Earth's surface, converting to heat.

The greenhouse gas layer traps heat in the atmosphere to keep the dark side of the Earth from freezing over, but an overabundance of these gasses causes an excess amount of heat to be trapped.

The oceans warm up as the Earth does. Additionally the more carbon is present in the atmosphere, the more carbon gets incorporated into the ocean, causing ocean acidification.

IMAGE BY: https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-explained/what-ocean-warming-and-why-does-it-matter

Let us spread out the awareness to make SDG 14 successful.