Oceans make up 70% of the earths surface.

97% of the earths water is in the oceans. The five main oceans are:

- Atlantic Ocean - Pacific Ocean - Indian Ocean - Arctic Ocean - Southern Ocean

Food from the Ocean

Role of Water in the Ecosystem

Ocean Resources

Ocean Animals Ocean Plants

Ocean animals as fish are an important food for many people. Fish caught in the ocean are used to feed livestock and poultry.

Click on a letter to view an ocean animal!

Picture 1: BBM Explorer, "Imperator Angel Fish" June 19, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution; Picture 2: BBM Explorer, "French Angel Fish" December 3, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution; Picture 3: Greenacre8, "Angel Fish" August 17, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Barry Peters, "Barracuda Rush Hour" March 11, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Jenny Huang, "Barracuda Storm-5" September 8, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3:: Samuel Chow, "School of Chevron Barracudas" July 26, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: BBM Explorer, "Pair of Two Bar Clown Fish" December 3, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: The BusyBrain, "Clown Fish" October 25, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3:: Chika Watanabe, "Clown Anemone Fish" November 5, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Randolph Croft, "Dolphin" June 26, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Ste Elmore, "Dolphin Encounter" February 11, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: Lowjumpingfrog, "Dolphins" April 10, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Doug Letterman, "Electric Eel" February 1, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Abhishek Kumar, "Some Electric Eel" May 10, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: Elizabeth, "Electric Eel" August 18, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Laszlo Ilyes, "Sandy Lips" August 14, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Prilfish, "Filefish" March 8, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: BBM Explorer, "Seagrass Filefish" April 22, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: William Warby, "Guppy" September 19, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Roberto Verzo, "Guppy" February 16, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: Inka Crabs, "Guppy Diamante Albino" April 16, 2012 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Angel Schatz, "Horseshoe Crab" June 4, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Sneakerdog, "Horseshoe Crab" August 23, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: Angel Schatz, "Horseshoe Crab" June 4, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Damien du Toit, "Deep Sea Giant Isopod" March, 2003 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: GeniusDevil, "Jellyfish" February 14, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: NB Photostream, "Jellyfish" October 22, 2000 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: Wohnai, "Jellyfish" July 28, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Spencer Wright, "Killer Whale" May 26, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Kat Kellner, "Eye Spy" August 7, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: Kat Kellner, "Mama and Baby" August 7, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: LSGCP, "Live Lobster" April 9, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Selena N. B. H, "Spiny Lobster" May 17, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: USFWS Endangered Species, "Endangered Florida Manatee" December 24, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: USFWS Endangered Species, "Endangered Florida Manatee" February 1, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: PictUSFWS Endangered Species, "Endangered Florida Manatee" August 17, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Serge Melki, "Nurse Sharks" July 30, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Cliff, "Nurse Shark" June 4, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Ryan Wick, "Octopus" September 18, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Dan Hershman, "Red Octopus" September 16, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Dalton Coghill, "Puffer Fish" September 1, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: BBM Explorer, "Masked Puffer Fish" August 22, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: BBM Explorer, "White Spotted Puffer Fish" August 25, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: K, Steudel, "Queen Angel Fish" February 16, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: James, "Ringed Seal" June 12, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Allen Lee, "Shark" April 13, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Fishpickdiver, "Shark" July 1, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: USFWS, "Shark" January 22, 2012 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Joi Ito, "Trumpet Fish" November 25, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Greenacre8, "Trumpet Fish" October 12, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: Renee V, "Kona Diving" October 30, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Ylacarmoberg, "Urchin" December 5, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: USFWS Pacific, "Red Pencil Urchin" June 14, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 3: Ed Bierman, "Urchin Shell" October 3, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: "Viper Fish" November 26, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1:Mike Baird, "Whale" June 7, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: John Harwood, "Whales" July 28, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Agriculturasp, "Swordfish" March 21, 2012 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Picture 2: Paul Downey, "Swordfish" August 19, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Muzina Shanghi, "Yellow Fin Tuna" February 9, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Picture 1: Brian Gratwicke, "Zebra Shark" September 25, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Ictheostega, "Zebra Shark" June 28, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

Ocean plants are important food for fish. Like fish, people also eat ocean plants.

Kelp

Seaweed

Seagrass

Red Algae

Coralline Algae

Mineral Resources Living Resources

 Petroleum, oil and gas Sand and Gravel Manganese Nodules

Petroleum, oil and gas

Sand and Gravel

Manganese Nodules

Fishing Shipping Tourism

Fish supply
about 16% of the worlds protein.

 60% of fish are

used to feed people 40 % are used food for fish on fish farms and other fish in captivity and fish oil

Types of Fishing:
( drift netting & gill netting )

[ netting ]
[ seining ]

( purse seine and beach seine)

 DRIFT

Netting

Is one of the most

destructive methods of fishing; known as the 'wall of death'

webbing up to 15 m in height & up to 64 km long

Strong plastic

Forms a wall beneath

the water & catches anything!

Netting
GILL NET Is a wall of netting set
in a straight line

Fish swim through the

virtually invisible netting, & are entangled when their gills are caught in the webbing on the Fraser River

Most commonly used

Seining

PURSE

A long and deep net

with small webbing

Uses a net which can Used to catch

be "pursed up" around a school of fish

surface dwelling species such as tuna, & mackerels

Seining BEACH SEINE

school of fish using a single boat

Surrounding of a

Sardine, mackerel,

Spanish mackerel, hard tail, sea bream and flat fish, may be caught by this method

 moving cargo with

ships between seaports Ships used include:
Tankers Container ships Cable layers Ferries Car carriers Barges

Provides a

great deal of income world wide in the use $478 billion

Water is necessary for

the production of food.

Water is used in industry.

In irrigation process,
water is needed.

In human body, it acts

as transporting medium.

 In our daily lives, we

use water for drinking, cleaning, washing and cooking.

Water is one of the most important substances on earth. All plants and animals must have water to survive. If there was no water there would be no life on earth.

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of world made for man - who has no gills.
Thank You and God Bless!

- Ramirez, Marifer B.