Saving The Turtles Presentation 11 ABM 1 (S.Y. 2019-2020)Melbert Bensurto
Help Protect Sea Turtles! Six of seven species of sea turtles around the world are endangered or threatened but there are many ways that anyone can help.
Shark fin soup and the shark trade is threatening sharks and ocean health. Use this presentation to raise awareness and cause local change, protecting sharks and ocean health.
A presentation that discusses the ecological, ethical and health costs of consuming shark fin soup. While this presentation was designed for high school students in British Columbia, Canada, it can be modified to suit other age groups and other regions. However, there are some graphic images that may not be suitable for younger audiences.
Saving The Turtles Presentation 11 ABM 1 (S.Y. 2019-2020)Melbert Bensurto
Help Protect Sea Turtles! Six of seven species of sea turtles around the world are endangered or threatened but there are many ways that anyone can help.
Shark fin soup and the shark trade is threatening sharks and ocean health. Use this presentation to raise awareness and cause local change, protecting sharks and ocean health.
A presentation that discusses the ecological, ethical and health costs of consuming shark fin soup. While this presentation was designed for high school students in British Columbia, Canada, it can be modified to suit other age groups and other regions. However, there are some graphic images that may not be suitable for younger audiences.
Predator-prey relations refer to the interactions between two species where one species is the hunted food source for the other. The organism that feeds is called the predator and the organism that is fed upon is the prey.
Increasing demand for fish has increased the pressure on marine life. Pollution in the water bodies has intensified and threat to aquatic biota has become worse.
2014-2015
Overview :
Many fisheries are non-selective fishing gear catching animals that they did not intend to. This non-taget extra catch is known as ‘bycatch’.
Of these bycatch species, some have a commercial value and are brought back to land by fishers to be sold. However, a large proportion is unwanted and so is discarded-thrown back over the side of the boat.
The mean of bycatch & discards
environmental & social Impacts
Some strategies & solutions
Some bycatch reduction devises in shrimp trawls :
TEDs
JTEDs
RES
Square mesh codends
Fisheyes
Square mesh window
Relation between effort & bycatch
Effects of cod-end mesh size on the catch discarded
Predator-prey relations refer to the interactions between two species where one species is the hunted food source for the other. The organism that feeds is called the predator and the organism that is fed upon is the prey.
Increasing demand for fish has increased the pressure on marine life. Pollution in the water bodies has intensified and threat to aquatic biota has become worse.
2014-2015
Overview :
Many fisheries are non-selective fishing gear catching animals that they did not intend to. This non-taget extra catch is known as ‘bycatch’.
Of these bycatch species, some have a commercial value and are brought back to land by fishers to be sold. However, a large proportion is unwanted and so is discarded-thrown back over the side of the boat.
The mean of bycatch & discards
environmental & social Impacts
Some strategies & solutions
Some bycatch reduction devises in shrimp trawls :
TEDs
JTEDs
RES
Square mesh codends
Fisheyes
Square mesh window
Relation between effort & bycatch
Effects of cod-end mesh size on the catch discarded
Taxonomic status and biology of sea turtle[college of fisheries, Kishanganj]....AryanRoy28
Expected learning outcome: taxonomic status, feeding habits, distribution and description of sea turtles ; legal protection provided to sea turtle under international law ; Conservation goals and measure to protect sea turtles
The turtle is a shelled reptile with a distinctive, streamlined body and four legs that end in webbed feet. They are known for their slow movement and gentle demeanor, often seen in ponds, lakes, and oceans. Turtles have been around for millions of years, adapting to various environments, and can range in size from a few inches to several feet in length.
Whale Shark The largest of all sharks and the largest living fish, the whale shark is one of the most dramatic views of the ocean. Its large size, distinctive patterns and its enormous mouth make it instantly recognizable and can be commonly seen wandering near the surface in tropical and subtropical waters around the world. Their diet is based mainly on plankton, but also regularly feed on small schooling fish and squid. Unlike basking sharks, which simply filter vast amounts of water as they swim, whale sharks actively suck their prey before filtering efficiently and are sometimes seen in groups, feeding on high concentrations of food. Regularly appear in the same places at specific times of the year, probably to capitalize on plankton blooms and events such as coral spawning.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Safalta Digital marketing institute in Noida, provide complete applications that encompass a huge range of virtual advertising and marketing additives, which includes search engine optimization, virtual communication advertising, pay-per-click on marketing, content material advertising, internet analytics, and greater. These university courses are designed for students who possess a comprehensive understanding of virtual marketing strategies and attributes.Safalta Digital Marketing Institute in Noida is a first choice for young individuals or students who are looking to start their careers in the field of digital advertising. The institute gives specialized courses designed and certification.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
2. Sea Turtles:
Seven different species
Their impact on humankind
What is causing their extinction?
What is being done to prevent further extinction?...
3. The Green Sea
Turtle
The Green Sea Turtle is one of
the largest and most widespread
of all marine turtles.
The oval carapace varies from
olive to brown, grey and black
with bold streaks and blotches,
but the common name Green
Turtle is derived from the green
color of the fat and connective
tissues of this species.
Males are generally smaller than
females and the green turtle
differs in appearance from other
marine turtles by the possession
of a single pair of scales in front
of the eyes and a serrated bottom
jaw.
4. Hawksbill Sea
Turtle
The critically endangered
Hawksbill turtle has been
exploited for thousands of years
as the sole source of commercial
tortoiseshell.
The beautiful carapace is
generally streaked and marble
with amber, yellow, or brown
and often has a strongly serrated
edge.
The strongly hooked beak on the
narrow head gives rise to the
Hawksbill turtle’s common
name. Unlike other marine
turtles, the scales (scutes) of the
Hawksbill turtle’s carapace are
imbricate, or overlapping.
5. Flatback Sea Turtle
The Flatback Sea turtle is
distinguished by its restricted
distribution and its very flat
carapace.
The fleshly carapace, which is
composed of thin, bony scales,
has an upwards turned rim,
particularly toward the rear.
The Flatback Turtle has one of
the most restricted ranges of any
marine turtle, it is found only in
the tropical waters of northern
Australia, and Papua New
Guinea, and only nests in
Australia.
6. Loggerhead Sea
Turtle
The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is
the most migratory of the marine
turtles, with individuals known
to cross the Atlantic, and Pacific
oceans.
Their name comes from its large
head, that contains very
powerful jaws.
Loggerhead Sea Turtles are the
most common sea turtle found in
the Mediterranean, and western
North Atlantic Ocean.
7. Kemp’s Ridley Sea
Turtle
This turtle is the world’s most
endangered sea turtle, with a
worldwide female nesting
population of a roughly
estimated 1,000 individuals.
Their slow decline has been
caused by the over-harvesting of
their eggs over the past century
and have not been able to
rebound.
They are also one of the smallest
sea turtles.
8. Olive Ridley Sea
Turtle
The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle is the
smallest of the sea turtles, only 50-
75cm.
The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle can be
distinguished from the closely
related Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle by
having more than 5 bony plates, or
scutes, running the length of the
carapace; Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles
only have 5.
This type of Sea Turtle is mostly
known for its nesting habits. An
arribada occurs while nesting,
which is the congregating of many
thousands of females on the same
beach at the same time.
9. Leatherback Sea
Turtle
(Dermochelyidae
Family)
The Leatherback Sea Turtle is
the largest of all living turtles,
145 to 160 in length.
The Leatherback Sea Turtle has
no visible shell. The shell is
present but it consists of bones
that are buried into its skin.
The Leatherback Sea Turtle also
feed in waters much colder then
other marine turtles can handle.
They have a network of blood
vessels that work as a counter-
current heat exchanger; a thick
insulating layer of oils and fats
in their skin, and are able to
maintain body temperatures
much higher than their
surroundings.
10. The Basics about
Sea Turtles:
Anaerobic system of Respiration.
Most Sea Turtles have a life
expectancy of 80 years, but can
live much longer.
Sand temperature determines the
gender of the baby hatchlings.
Lighter sands maintain higher
temperatures, which decreases
incubation time and results in
more female hatchlings.
Just behind each eye is a salt
gland. The salt glands help sea
turtles to maintain a healthy
water balance by shedding large
“tears” of excess salt.
11. The Importance of Sea Turtles to
Humankind
The Moche people of Sea Turtles, especially
ancient Peru worshipped Green Sea Turtles, are
the sea and its animals. one of the few animals
They often depicted sea that eat sea grass.
turtles in their art.
Sea Turtles enjoy They help keep dunes
immunity from the sting and beaches from
of the deadly box jellyfish, becoming eroded with
and regularly eat them, the nutrients gained
helping to keep tropical from baby hatchlings.
beaches safe for humans.
12. Continued…
Sea Turtles also serve
entertainment purposes such as
in the movie Finding Nemo.
In Finding Nemo we are
introduced to an 150 year old
Eastern Pacific Green Turtle
named Crush.
The popularity of this character
has resulted in the Disney theme
parks to create an exhibit called:
Turtle Talk with Crush.
Turtle Talk with Crush
13. The Slow Extinction of Sea Turtles
(Natural Occurrences)- Natural threats are common in
the animal kingdom. Sea Gulls, and crabs are the main
surface predators for young hatchlings. Once the
hatchlings reach water, Tiger Sharks and other marine
life become the predators. Once the hatchlings reach
maturity, they are immune to predator attacks, and
instead are killed-off by the actions of humans.
14. Food Source:
Although Sea Turtles have spiritual or mythological
importance in many cultures around the world, this
has not prevented humans from consuming their eggs
or meat.
In many coastal communities, especially in Central
America and Asia, sea turtles have provided a source of
food. During the nesting season, turtle hunters comb
the beaches at night looking for nesting females.
Often, they will wait until the female has deposited
her eggs to kill her. Then, they take both the eggs and
meat.
15. Luxury Items:
Hawksbill sea turtles, recognized for their beautiful gold
and brown shells, have been hunted for centuries to create
jewelry and other luxury items. As a result, these turtles
are now listed as critically endangered.
Scientists estimate that Hawksbill populations have
declined by 90% during the past 100 years. While illegal
trade is the primary cause of this decline, the demand for
shells continues today on the black market.
The lack of information about sea turtles leads many
tourists to unwittingly support the international trade in
these endangered species.
16. Debris:
It is estimated that more than 100 million marine
animals are killed each year due to plastic debris in the
ocean. More than 80% of this plastic comes from land.
The plastic washes out from our beaches and streets. It
travels through storm drains into streams and rivers. It
flies away from landfills into our seas.
As a result, thousands of sea turtles accidentally
swallow these plastics, mistaking them for food.
Leatherbacks especially, cannot distinguish between
floating jellyfish, a main component of their diet, and
floating plastic bags.
17. Continued:
Besides the causes mentioned, these too cause sea
turtle extinction: Commercial Fishing, Artificial
Lighting, Coastal Armoring, Beach Dredging, Climate
change, and marine pollution such as oil spills.
18. What is being done to prevent
further sea turtle extinction?
TED’s- Turtle Excluder Devices have reduced sea turtle
bycatch in shrimp nets by 97%. The use of the devices ideally
allow all bycatch larger than ten centimeters to escape the nets
unharmed.
This selectivity is achieved by metal grids integrated into the
trawl net structure. The grids act as a barrier for large
creatures such as turtles from passing through the bars into the
back of the net.
A small opening in the net is then available either above or
below the grid so that creatures that are stopped by the TEDs
are allowed to escape the net, relatively unharmed. Targeted
species such as shrimp however, are pushed to the back of the
net.
19. Continued…:
Besides TEDs simple things such as recycling, and if
you live near coastal lines to turn off outdoor lights
from May 1st to October 31st (the mating season)
Along with these simple solutions, sea turtle
conservation is another way to help the decline.
Three companies in particular are helping to conserve
sea turtles: The WWF, the STC, and Disney.
20. The World Wildlife
Foundation (WWF)
Conservation Efforts to Protect Promoting regional and international agreements to
turtles: Effective conservation conserve marine turtles.
requires protection at all stages Lobbying for turtle-friendly fishing practices, such as the
of the life Cycle. The WWF is use of TEDs in nets.
working around the world to Halting the illegal trade of turtle meat and eggs, through
conserve marine turtles by: TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network
Establishing and strengthening created by WWF and IUCN.
protected areas around nesting
beaches.
Raising awareness and
promoting ecotourism at marine
turtle sites, so that local
communities become involved in
and benefit from protecting
turtles and their nests.
21. The Sea Turtle
Conservancy (STC)
Through sea turtle research, Habitat Protection: The Sea Turtle Conservancy program
conservation and advocacy, STC work to enact protective laws to establish sanctuaries for
sea turtles. Through environmentally-sound tourism,
is addressing the threats to sea
visitors experience nature without harming it, and
turtles and the natural habitats enhance the economies of local communities.
upon which they depend.
Advocacy: The STC monitors numerous state, national, and
international issues affecting marine turtles. As issues
One can chose to make a small arise that pose a threat to turtles, their experts intervene
donation of $25 to become a with appropriate direct action.
member of STC and will ensure Research: Over four decades of scientific study sponsored by
sea turtles are swimming free in the STC has generated essential data about endangered
oceans for future generations. species and their habitats and has advanced the world’s
understanding of the ancient and enigmatic sea turtle.
Education: The STC works with members, coastal residents,
With the donated money, STC conservationists, and governments to increase awareness
helps fund many programs… about sea turtles and the threats facing them. Education
is the first step toward effective and long lasting
protection of endangered species.
22. Disney
Lastly, Disney is helping to
conserve sea turtles by making Surprisingly, very little information is known about the
efforts at tracking sea turtles. movement patterns of juvenile sea turtles. Once
hatchlings leave the nesting beach, it is very difficult for
The Walt Disney World Animal scientists to document where these turtles spend their
Programs team has been involved time. However, recent advances in technology have made
in sea turtle rehabilitation for
many years. To date, the Seas team it possible to learn more about the habitats of juvenile
has cared for and released more sea turtles. Telonics, Inc., a manufacture of telemetry
than 200 turtles. Most of the turtles devices for monitoring wildlife, has produced a satellite
that find their way to Walt Disney
World are animals that have been transmitter that is now small enough to be carried by
rescued by various organizations juvenile sea turtles. In collaboration with the Archie
and come to them with medical Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research at the University of
challenges. A majority of the
turtles suffer physiological Florida, the Seas and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we are
problems attributed to extended testing the first satellite transmitters for use on juvenile
periods of time in cold water. sea turtles that measure approximately 30-40cm.
These cold stunned turtles are
rescued, rehabilitated at the Seas,
and than released under the
supervision of the Florida Fish Sea Turtle Tracking
and Wildlife Conservation
Commission.
23. Conclusion:
If anyone would like further information about sea
turtles, or how to do your part in saving this beautiful and
majestic creature visit the following websites…
www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/marineturtles/marine
turtles.html
www.conserveturtles.org/stctmp.php
www.tourdeturtles.org/2011/sponsors.php