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Kerryn Warren The Value of the deep ocean to me and my community Kerryn on the Algoa filtering water samples In Port Elizabeth, the beach attracts tourists from inland as well as overseas. This, in turn, creates job opportunities (it is estimated that for every eight tourists, a new job is created). The employment created by the ocean is visible: just take a drive down Beach Road and ask yourself whether those hotels, restaurants, weekend-markets, museum and Bayworld would exist were it not for the ocean. Tours to see penguin colonies, dolphins and whales, the history of the Sacromento trail that resulted are important to our foreign appeal and recreation as well.
PE is a major seaport and many people are employed in the running of ships carrying export goods (which creates and inflow of foreign money). Yet how many people think of the use of the ocean in terms of medicine or the climate? 65% of cancer medicine comes from marine life and plants. Scientists at the national cancer Institute are looking to the ocean for a cure for the unpredictable disease. Some researchers say that the ocean air and sound of the waves put people in a clear mind, and that in itself is medicinal. The reason PE has such a wonderful climate throughout the year can also be attributed to the ocean because of continentality (the tendency for water to coll or heat slower than land). The ocean is also inspirational (and I don’t only mean the making of ‘Finding Nemo” and “Sharktales”). Thousands of artists in PE look to the ocean and its inhabitants for inspiration (like my grandmother, Susan warren, who enjoys painting scenic environments). Then there is a most important yet overlooked aspect of the ocean, how it provides us with food I for one enjoy a good kingklip in tartare sauce or a plate of calamari and rice. Because of farming and importing we no longer consider seafood a necessity to our diets, but it is still incredibly healthy and lets not forget yummy. This has in turn, also spawned many jobs such as my Uncle David’s fish factory, B and D packers; as well as restaurants and take-outs such as “The Mediterranean” and “Something Fishy”. With this in mind I can safely conclude that the ocean is valuable to me and my community. Therefore it is up to us to look after it and its creatures-like they look after us. Note: Essay has been typed out with no corrections made.
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