The growth of Marine Conservation

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Marine Conservation is becoming more and more demanding around the world. There are Marine Conservations in what seems to be every inch of the planet. According to Dr. Lance Morgan, President of The Marine Conservation Institute, which is based out of Irvine Calif., the need for Marine Conservations is real. The world needs more of them, to regulate laws, create new laws, and to keep the oceans clean. “We are trying to designate protected areas, no fishing zones, in the U.S. and outside of the U.S.” stated Morgan. The Marine Conservation Institute was working with President Obama to create the world’s largest fully protected marine reserve in the Central Pacific Ocean. Climate change is causing sea levels and ocean temperatures to rise. Changing temperatures can harm coral reefs and force certain species to migrate. In addition, carbon pollution is being absorbed by the oceans, causing them to acidify, which can damage coastal shellfish beds and reefs, altering entire marine ecosystems.By broadening the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument from almost 87,000 square miles to more than 490,000 square miles, Obama has protected more acres of federal land and sea by executive power than any other president in at least 50 years and makes the area off-limits to commercial fishing.