3. We are connected to the coast and ocean.
Whether or not we are among the over 50%
of the population who live within 50 miles of
the coast, we are all dependent on our
coasts and ocean for our food, health,
recreation and jobs. In the USA, more than
180 million people visit the shore for
recreation every year and tens of thousands
of jobs in fishing, recreation, and tourism
depend on healthy, functioning coastal
ecosystems.
4. Shark
Sharks have very few natural predators which
allow them to freely move to new habitats
when food is scarce. They are loners for most
part of their lives so they don’t travel
together.Many people ask what do sharks eat
and the answer it greatly depend of the
specias of shark and the habitat where it is
inhabitating.
5. There is no doubt that the dolphin is a
fish! It swims all the time; it can’t live on
land; it has no legs; it has fins; it lives in
the ocean – without a doubt it is a fish.
Dolphin
6. Starfish or sea stars are
star-shaped echinoderms
belonging to the class
Asteroidea. Common
usage frequently finds
these names being also
applied to ophiuroids,
which are correctly referred
to as brittle stars or "basket
stars"
Star Fish
7. The octopus is a
cephalopod
mollusc of the
order Octopoda.
Octopuses have
two eyes and four
pairs of arms
and, like other
cephalopods,
they are
bilaterally
symmetric. An
octopus has a
hard beak, with
its mouth at the
center point of
the arms
Octopus
8. Ray Fish
Batoidea is a superorder of
cartilaginous fish commonly known as
rays and skates, approximately 560
described species in thirteen families.
9. This boldly striped
yellow-and-black snake
has venom that is more
toxic than that of a
cobra. The yellow-bellied
sea snake is also
the world’s most wide-ranging
snake and one of
the very few that lives in
the surface waters of the
open ocean.
Sea Snake
11. Brown
Algae
The Phaeophyceae or brown algae,
is a large group of mostly marine
multicellular algae, including many
seaweeds of colder Northern
Hemisphere waters. They play an
important role in marine
environments
12. Macrocystis pyrifera,
commonly known as
giant kelp or giant
bladder kelp, is a
species of kelp, and
one of four species in
the genus
Macrocystis.
Giant Kelp
14. Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail", usually entirely hidden under the thorax
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the
infraorder Brachyura, which typically
have a very short projecting "tail",
usually entirely hidden under the
thorax
Crab
15. Contrary to popular belief, tortoises are in
fact turtles rather than part of a separate
group. Like most turtles, tortoises are
shielded from predators by a shell.
Tortoise
16. Crocodiles
Crocodiles or true crocodiles are
large aquatic reptiles that live
throughout the tropics in Africa,
Asia, the Americas and Australia.
Crocodylinae, in which all its
members are considered true
crocodiles, is classified as a
biological subfamily
17. Shellfish
Shellfish is a culinary and fisheries term
for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic
invertebrates used as food, including
various species of molluscs, crustaceans,
and echinoderms