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Maine Needs A Healthy Ocean

Maine Needs A Healthy Ocean. There are many habitats in the Gulf of Maine and all of them are important to the people of our state. Sea grass beds are found in shallow places or near the shore. www. Marinelife. About .com /p/ seagrass. Victoria.

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Maine Needs A Healthy Ocean

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  1. Maine Needs A Healthy Ocean

  2. There are many habitats in the Gulf of Maine and all of them are important to the people of our state

  3. Victoria Sea grass beds are found in shallow places or near the shore. www. Marinelife. About .com /p/ seagrass Victoria

  4. Many plants and animals live in sea grass beds. Some of them are: sea horses, sea turtles, lobsters and schools of baby fish. Www.marinelife.About.com/p/seagrass Isaiah

  5. Sea grass beds are important to the people of Maine because lobsters and baby fish eat nutrients made by the grass and they live there.www.noaa.gov Isaiah Www.marinelife.About.com/p/seagrass

  6. Sea grass beds are in danger when big stoms tear up the grass. Also when the weather changes it damages the sea grass beds. Pollution also can hurt the sea grass beds.Www. Marinelife. About .com /p/ seagrass Victoria

  7. I bet you’re wondering what a coral is. It’s a thin shelled animal that attaches to rocks like a snail and has feathery tentacles . Www.gmri.org Ben

  8. Cold water corals are important to the people of Maine because many types of fish and shelled animals live there.http//www.noaa.gov Eric

  9. Many plants and animals live in cold water corals, Some of them are wolf fish, sponges, sharks, lobster, crabs, sea turtes, star fish, sea snails, and monkfish.Www.panda.org Eric

  10. What are the problems faced by cold water corals? 1. Fishing nets that drag on the bottem of the ocean destroy corals. These are called rockhopper nets. 2. Rising tempetures caused by global warming will also destroy corals. http://www.gmri.com s Caleb

  11. What can we do to help?Don’t put weights on nets and send notes to lawmakers to tell the destruction of rockhoppers. Also, try to tell fishermen the same and ask them to use different nets.Www.panda.org Ben

  12. Salt water marshes are grassy places that are near the shoreline. Bella

  13. Salt water marshes are important to the people of Maine. They hold soil and also they help feed many small animals. www.noaa.gov Bella

  14. We can help salt water marshes by stopping people from draining them and filling them in for building roads. gmri.com Hailey

  15. Shellfish beds are places on or rear the shore where many shellfish live together . www.mass.gov Landon

  16. Many plants and animals live in shellfish beds. Some of them are crabs, snails, sea stars and clams. gmri.gov Angel

  17. Shellfish beds are important to the people of Maine because many people harvest and sell shellfish. Also,shellfish filter the water when they eat. Www.psga.net Landon

  18. What problems do shellfish beds face?1. Red tide closes shellfish beds because it makes the shellfish poisionous to eat.2. Pollution kills shellfish. Www.panda.net Landon

  19. We can help shell fish beds by not taking too many shellfish. We should not throw garbage in the ocean. www.noaa.gov Angel

  20. Kelp Beds are made of many different types of seaweed on a rocky bottom. http://www.gmri.gov Isaac

  21. Kelp beds are important because they give food and shelter to many kinds of animals. Kelp plants are harvested for many products. http;//.www.rodford.edu Isaac

  22. Some of the problems faced by kelp beds are too much kelp harvesting and over fishing.www.wa.gov Ryan

  23. All of these habitats in the ocean are important to the people of Maine. Many people in Maine make a living catching ocean animals to make seafood dinners for people who live here. Many people come to Maine to visit our ocean and eat our seafood.

  24. A Healthy Maine Ocean was created by Mrs. Bourgeois’ third grade class. May, 2013 Emily

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