resources come from these waters including fish and plants. The air around us is what keeps the

flame of life from fading and flickering out. Why would anyone pollute these precious parts of

our ecosystem? Well they are, and pollution laws should be strengthened and vigorously

China, a country with an extensive coast line, should work harder to protect its marine

environment. According to the theme of the international Year of the Ocean, 1998, oceans are

the common inheritance of all people, it is therefore our responsibility to protect the oceans for

future generations. So then why is there a “large-scale discharge of waste containing nutrients

with nitrogen and phosphorus contributing to the killing of 300 tons of fish” (China

environment Daily). The paper said that a total of 2.9 billion tons of sewage were discharged

into the waters at South China’s Pearl River mouth in 1997, with a rate treatment of less than

10%. This large amount of discharge of harmful land-sourced substances into the seas has

posed a major threat to the marine environment.

wash down the Mississippi River into the gulf, where it goes to waste and threatens the

during the operation of the law, a single governmental institution to support the unified

our generation couldn’t properly dispose of wastes because at the time it was more cost efficient

management of State marine protection affairs is desperately needed”. But while everyone is

Detected off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas, the largest ever gulf ‘dead zone’ which is said

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