Why Is It Forbidden For Sailors On Aircraft Carriers To Feed The Fish? #shorts

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Why is it forbidden for sailors on aircraft carriers to feed the fish?
This restriction is in place to prevent the attraction of seagulls, which pose significant safety hazards to aircraft operations on the carrier's flight deck. Furthermore, disposing of food can also attract larger marine creatures like sharks or whales that have the potential to cause damage to the ship or disrupt its operations. By adhering to this policy, the carrier ensures a safe and efficient working environment for all personnel involved.

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One of the best things about snorkelling or diving is being immersed in a world of marine life. Being surrounded by so many brightly-coloured, tropical fish is a thrilling experience. This is usually the reason why some divers and snorkellers like to feed the fish with food scraps, like rice or bread, to encourage them to come even closer.

But did you know that doing this is actually harmful to the fish and their environment? Here are a few reasons why we shouldn’t feed the fish.

IT DISRUPTS THE BALANCE OF THE ECOSYSTEM
Marine ecosystems are underwater communities; a network of life where everything is connected. This means one seemingly small change can have a huge knock-on effect. When snorkellers or divers feed the fish, it alters their natural behaviour, disrupting the delicate balance of the ecosystem. This can lead to the destruction of the reef itself and the incredible array of life it supports.

IT CAN LEAD TO ALGAE SMOTHERING THE CORAL
Algae might not sound like the tastiest snack to us but, for many fish, it’s a staple meal. By eating algae, fish aren’t only keeping their natural diets in check but they’re also providing a sort of gardening service by controlling algae growth. This means that if the fish find their food elsewhere (i.e. from humans), the algae on the reef could start to grow out of control; smothering the coral and causing it to suffocate and die.

IT LEAVES NESTS VULNERABLE TO PREDATORS
If you’ve ever seen a diver or snorkeller feed the fish, you’ll know it can stir up a frenzy! Fish will rush to the food source, competing with one another to gorge on as much as they can. But when species that are usually solitary demonstrate this kind of group predatory behaviour, it leaves nests unguarded and vulnerable to predators.

IT CAN ACTUALLY LEAD TO STARVATION
This might sound a little weird but feeding fish could actually result in them starving to death. This is because most marine animals have a pretty specific range of digestive bacteria. When they’re fed the wrong kind of food (like rice or bread), it can lead to the wrong type of bacteria becoming dominant in their stomachs. This could result in the fish no longer being able to digest their natural food and starving to death. And no one wants that!

CROWN-OF-THORNS CAN GROW OUT OF CONTROL
The Crown-of-Thorns starfish (COT) is a sea star named for the spines that cover its body and arms. These guys are well-known coral predators. Any diver who’s witnessed their path of destruction will know just how harmful they can be to coral reefs if population numbers get out of control.

Normally, pesky COTs are kept under control by fish who unwittingly eat their eggs while grazing on algae. But when these fish are fed by humans, they no longer need to graze on the algae. This allows predator populations to increase, causing serious damage to the reef.

Most divers or snorkellers who feed fish don’t realise the impact it can have on the health of the reef and other marine life. Whether you’re a dive operator or an individual diver, our Green-Fins posters are available to download, display and share for free. They’re a great resource to educate others and a handy reminder of the ways we can all do our bit to keep our coral reefs healthy!

Damage To The Environment
Hand-feeding fish takes a toll on the marine environment too. Adding food to the water around reefs increases nutrient levels which then increases the growth of harmful algae that damage corals. The majority of reef fish are grazers, meaning they only eat algae. They keep the growth of the algae on coral reefs under control so that the reefs aren’t smothered. By feeding fish their behaviour is modified so that they no longer graze on the harmful algae that need to be removed from the reef, the algae may become overgrown. Eventually the reef is destroyed and the habitat of many species is lost.

Be Responsible
We encourage you to be responsible on your sightseeing tour or on your snorkeling or diving trip.
Don’t feed the fish or throw any food scraps overboard, place them in the bin instead.
And if you see someone feeding the fish, please ask them to stop doing it and if you can, explain to them why. Share this information with your friends and family too.
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Ah yes the aircraft carriers, pride of the American navy, harassed by a swarm of seagulls

zahash
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Don't feed the wildlife is actually a legitimate warning no matter where you are.

foofoo
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"Sir! We're sinking!"
"Well, it's a good thing we attracted all those sharks then."
-Someone in the Royal Navy probably

baltoflyer
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Seagulls really being "Mine mine mine" just like they were from Finding Nemo is hilarious

EE-ivej
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In world war 2 the British used the method of attaching a periscope to a small vessel that contained fish, this meant that when German u-boats were close to the British naval bases the flocks of birds would alert the soldiers on land that a periscope was directly below the birds. Sounds crazy but definitely seen something about it on the old BBC programme called COAST

bendrummond
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Served aboard USS Saratoga in the 80's and everything went into the ocean. You never saw sea gulls unless you were close to land.

ronlawson
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As a Navy vet that was stationed on the USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). I can assure you we have no such restriction / policy. They main reason is Birds can't fly that far away from land. Also, We are too big to care about sharks / whales. If we have a swim call, we literally put people in the RHIB's with M-16's if there is a shark.

Thellar
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Aircraft carrier: we are the most powerful weapon in the Ocean.
Seagulls: are you sure

humanguu
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I was on the USS Boxer LHD-4 for a tiger cruise in 1999 which has a helicopter deck and runway for harriers but not an aircraft carrier. You were only allowed to smoke out on the back deck and we would see all the trash, food, plastic, paper, everything just getting thrown into the ocean. I remember asking why they were allowed to pollute like that and I was told “oh it’s ok, we’re in international waters so it’s breaking no laws”. The real question I was asking was just lost on them.

corymanza
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Interesting. I served on the USS Enterprise in the 80’s. Our captain used to make us haul big bags of waste from the ships crew onto the transporter deck and have it beamed outside the ship. This wasn’t too much of a problem until one of the crew did this when the Captain engaged the warp drive after they just loaded up the transporter deck. Could you imagine 500lbs of waste being splattered all over transporter room? It took the technician weeks to clean it all up. He was an Irish guy so you can imagine how much he was cursing 😂😂😂

jae
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Seagulls swarm warship: CIWS AA starts locking in..

toygt
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Bro the clip with all the seagulls looks like a level straight out of the backrooms 😂😂😂

illdusty
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Ships have pulper systems in the galleys that grind down old food thats then held in tanks at the bottom of the ship and when far enough from shore that food waste is dumped into the ocean so them fish still gettin their food

thecookiemonstergaming
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As a former sailor, that’s not it. It’s because it’s inhumane to feel sea creatures the slop the navy feeds us.

Isaiah-ftnx
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Usually, in the dark of night, they’d call “Wet Garbage” on the 1mc and every division had to send a couple guys aft to where the trash was stored, the working party would then proceed to rip the sides open on each of the black plastic garbage bags and toss them into the sea, leaving a trail of bags 20 miles long. Sharks and other sea critters would tear into the bags. seagulls were never an issue…

terrasculp
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I just got done serving on an aircraft carrier for four years. We literally just dump food waste overboard when meal hours are over, no holding it, no pulping it, just big burlap bags of food waste go into the ocean. I suspect there weren’t many seagulls because the jets are so loud and we’re already far enough from land that they just weren’t near. We only restrict what we throw out when within a certain mileage from land. We only had birds nearby a handful of times and if we needed to we would kill them so we can keep flying without danger.

mikejarm
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Imagine a misile filled with bread crumbs and another one filled with seagulls to attack a carrier

SnoW-pkzo
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Huh? We threw everything overboard. There are no seagulls in the middle of nowhere.

surpriseholsterworks
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Well ya! If the Ruskies are 200 mile out and closing, 1, 000 hungry seagull over the flight deck would seriously impeade the launch and recovery of defense aircraft.
Air intakes and seagulls just don't mix! 👍

rickeyb
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In the Marine Corps, my squadron were deployed on an aircraft carrier. Myself and two friends made a big fish hook in the machine shop. One of the cooks on the ship gave us a big hunk of a ham. Off the aft of the Hanger deck was an observation deck. We tied off our line and hook and tried to catch a shark. A Naval officer asked what we were doing. We said, trying to catch a shark. The cook said he would serve it for dinner if we caught one. The officer just cracked up and left us alone. We never caught one. We didn't think about things like chumming the water or how we would land it if it was a big one.😅

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