time unfit for human consumption.
6. Marine plants such as kelp, marsh grass, mangrovers, and sea grasses suffer from oil pollution, although many can eventually recover if the oil is removed or degraded; otherwise, they are likely to die.
7. People are also threatened by oil pollution of the seas in terms of contamination of their food sources which cannot only cause individual health problems but can threaten entire marine/marine-related industries such as the fishing industry.
According to Clark, Frid and Attrill (2001:5-16) sewage is discharged into oceans all over the planet, adding to the amount of small particles suspended in the water column and thereby contributing to large amounts of nutrients. Its effects are seen primarily in semi-enclosed areas and here they can be devastating, causing such phenomena as the degrading of invertebrate communities, killing off kelp beds, and causing disease in fish. Also coral reefs in tropical waters become covered with algal speci
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