February 29, 2008...11:06 pm
Mauritius Lagoon
Coast Of Mauritius
I was reading an article on Reuters today.. http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL0748250 It talked about the decline of our precoius and lovely Mauritian lagoon.. Remember.. Mauritius Was prefered by the Dutch (in the 18th century) because of our lagoon with a lot of fish.. it was easy to get a catch..
Lastly a few fishermen got lost in the sea.. ( its happening a bit frequently since these last 3 years) and all that.. because our lagoon is not that rich anymore :( Fishermen have to go more and more in the high sea to fish..
I think there are a few things which are contributing to that…and to my point of view,.. the main cause is pollution.. Big and great hotels are built along the coast. we do have great hotels here.. but on one hand it is bringing the economy up and on the other side.. pulluting the sea.. I have to add tha overfishing is also contributing to why there is less and less fish in the lagoon.
A high tourist activity might also contribute to this savage wreckage of our coral reefs.. am sad i do not have pictures of the coral reefs in hand right now, but i asure you, it’s very beautiful to see . But it is going to a waste… when i say tourist activity, i mean diving, harpooning and the higher activity of boats in the lagoon.
And lastly, i wish to stress on the fact that the 2004 tsunami which had hit the indian ocean on that fatal 26th december did damage the coral reeefs of the island.. and it was that very coral reef which had made us Mauritians still alive…
I tried to be as brief as i could to ensure quick reading .. Tander la viru5 !! pa fer pares la !
3 Comments
February 29, 2008 at 11:37 pm
hmm, last last week i went on a tour in the south of the island…
loads of interesting and wonderful beaches!!!!
specially to take pics
anyone looking for romantic places, hihi, try the south!
March 1, 2008 at 6:12 am
I would love to visit your island. Perhaps one day. We went on the field trip to the Aquarium store the other day and we saw an interesting fish. It had come from an area in which it grew in 12 miles of the reef. It was picked up 3 days before the tsunami with 3 other ones of it’s kind. That section of the reef was taken out, and it is estimated that fish will be extinct in a few years. It is beautiful. I loved looking at the different corals. They are growing coral at this place for research at the university and also to sell so not taking from the reef itself. There are strict guidelines on harvesting which is good, but the big thing in destroying the reefs around the world is pollution. It is very sad.
March 3, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Malheureusement, il n’y a pas que notre ile qui souffre de cette façon.
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