#avaproposal

For this week’s module we’ve been asked to have a topic proposal and figure out which project option we prefer. My top two preferences for this topic are the documentary or the advocacy website, I’m not very creative for a poster 

So for my Argument my Issue will be the same as my Lit review. Coral reef populations are minimizing each year. There are many factors to this, one of the main ones is coral bleaching. Coral bleaching is mainly caused by cyanide diffused through water when used to catch fish. When cyanide reaches coral polyps, the symbiotic algae living on the corals fall of, and those algae are responsible for “coloring” corals, as well as the photosynthetic process needed for these coral to survive. This is an issue because with corals dying, the biodiversity of oceans reduces and many marine animals lose their homes.

Audience: Fishermen, tourists, marine biologist, marine traders. 

Purpose: To inform/ persuade fishermen, tourists, aquatic traders to stop using cyanide and create awareness for the animals living in corals and the reduction of coral reefs themselves. There was a major coral bleaching endemic in the Great Barrier Reef just this year, and it happened before (last year) yet it isn’t addressed as any other issue would. Fishermen should stop using cyanide to catch fish to reduce coral bleaching. 

Solution: It is their job to catch fish, but there are many other safer methods not only for corals but for the whole biodiversity of the marine ecosystem. There can be other “toxins” that can be used to stun fish, to catch them, that do not harm corals. Keep coral reefs beautiful pls.