Dynamite fishing involves using explosives to kill or stun fish, which destroys coral reef habitats and ecosystems. It is an illegal practice still used in some areas due to issues like poverty, lack of jobs, ignorance of consequences, greed, and lack of discipline. The process involves making fuses from aluminum and ammonium nitrate, filling bottles with these explosives, attaching fuses and throwing the improvised bombs into the water to kill schools of fish, which divers then collect. In addition to dynamite fishing, other destructive illegal fishing methods mentioned are cyanide poisoning of reefs and using pounding devices to smash corals and scare out fish.