Data was taken from 270 coral reefs over a span of 12 years and was found in the Southwestern Indian Ocean. The biomass is the measure of living matter in a given living space such as the fish biomass located in the Southern Indian Ocean. The fish biomass grew about 600 kilograms per hectare which is defined as 100 by 100 meters. Conservation policy was established to protect the biomass of the fish and to focus on the hotspots. The Southwestern Indian Ocean was a hotspot that was important. According to McClanahan, he found the hotspots are maintained by the biomass of the fish and habitat. The habitat is not protected but the fish biomass should definitely be a priority and because of the fish biomass and the habitat, this was taken up more…show more content… According to the WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) study that was created by Dr. Tim McClanahan, talks about how the main priority should be the reef systems. McClanahan collected the numbers of the species of fish for his study. In the region of the Southwestern Indian Ocean, there was a low fish biomass but the low fish biomass needed full diversity but the full diversity was lacking and because the center of the hotspot was alone it could not ensure the high diversity needed. There are protected areas that are supposed to be protecting the fish diversity but are not doing a good job at protecting those areas. For the management, there are implications to decide on to protect the coral reefs. According to experts, they believe that the coral reefs need to be managed and that the primary cause is fishing due to the degradation to the coral reefs.
Just like everything in the world, everything has a purpose from trees to insects to human beings. Coral Reefs are important to the ecosystem. By human activity the coral reefs are being threatened. The question is why the coral reefs are so important. The