Human Impact on Great Barrier Reef: Overfishing
in Subject: Environmental Science
Age Level: 6-8, 9-12
Resource Type: Website
Topic: Biodiversity/Wildlife, Oceans, Environmental Health
Age Level: 6-8, 9-12
Resource Type: Website
Topic: Biodiversity/Wildlife, Oceans, Environmental Health
Teach students about the effects of overfishing using this resource to give a case study example. The University of Michigan provides an example of humans' effect on fish populations of the world by examining the Great Barrier Reef. In one of Earth's most fragile and complex ecosystems, exploitation of resources and overfishing have the potential to cause great harm.
