We need to keep cockles and not overharvest them or else shorebirds and cockles will be eternally extinct!

Today we conducted research linked with the regulations
the MAF (Ministry of Agriculture/Fisheries) related to the
number of shellfish that is by law allowed to be taken by each
individual person who is involved in the process of digging for
shellfish. The law states that around Auckland and the Coromandel
only 50 cockles can be taken by one digger each day.

Links to backup my information

Te Ara Encyclopedia

SeafoodS.com/Cockles

I believe people should keep this regulation and only
harvest 50 cockles for each digger.  If this law is not obeyed
and followed, we might overharvest our beaches, which will extinct
the species and leave us with no more cockles to eat and/or sell.

As the Encyclopedia dictates, shellfish are seafood, like
mussels and golden snappers. Cockles are 'bivalve', so they
have a compressed shell. The cockles eat by extending a 'foot'
to catch their food and put it inside their shell, then they digest it.
The species has a giant risk of overharvest, and their ability to
recover is very sterile.

Cockles are found exclusively only in New Zealand, with some
relatives relating to clams.

Shorebirds feed on cockles, because they have no other
food to feed on. Consequently because of human activity,
shorebirds have become endangered and are at the brink of
extinction.

The reason is when diggers overharvest, there aren't enough
food for all the shorebirds to eat, thus threatening their species.

To sum it up, I strongly believe that we should be limited to
only 50 cockles so that there will be enough for plentiful harvests
and so the other species that feeds on these creatures will not
be gone from extinction.

-By Kevin Sabdao

L.I We are learning to write an argument.

We need to take care of our Kauri Trees so they won't be extinct!

It has come to our attention that the infectious disease that is
killing our native Kauri Giants and perhaps limiting the growth of future
Kauri, has been gravely affected by the contamination of footwear that
is passed on by miniscule spores. The Department of Conservation has
actioned an awareness campaign using a range of media to inform and
promote awareness not only for New Zealanders but also for
the hundreds of tourists that visit our beautiful land.

Points:
Stop the spread of Kauri Dieback

Inform foreigners to wash and scrub their hands and footwear

and/or bikes and scooters

Websites to backup my points:

Kauri Dieback Program

Tane Mahuta Walk

Forest and Bird/Kauri Dieback

I believe that foreigners and tourists that journey to visit our
lush paradisal trees may not be able to translate English to their
own language, thus journeying on through without thinking about
the unforeseen casualties. Some foreigners argue that they don't
have to really clean their footwear, as there are always more kauri
trees. The problem is that our trees are indigenous, and unique to
New Zealand. These tall trees are in risk of Kauri Dieback, or
Phytophthora agathidicida.

Kauri Dieback is a disease which spreads via dirt then 'swims' to the
root, infecting the tip of it. The disease then proceeds with infecting
the other roots and finally the trunk, ceasing all transfer of nutrients
and water to the tree. When the Kauri Tree has been fully infected, it
seeps back into the soil, ready to be transferred to another host. The
dieback currently has no cure, and only affects kauri trees.

I believe one way to inform tourists and visitors is to hand out
pamphlets written in nearly every language made. The pamphlets
will contain reasons why they have to cleanse their footwear of
contaminants and a thorough instruction guide on how to do so.

We can also use digital media to spread the word of Kauri dieback
and how to prevent further spread by the pathogen.

Also, we can have tour guides that can explain in deeper detail
the reason why we take such intensive care of our natural giants
and why we want to stop Kauri dieback from infecting more Kauri trees.

Another way how to inform other people and future generations
is by teachers teaching their students about Kauri dieback and
its symptoms to Kauri trees. That way, the new generations can further
our research to make a cure for Kauri dieback and stop the trees from
the threat of extinction.

To sum it up, the important thing is to clean your footwear whenever
you go for Kauri tree tours and to inform others of Kauri dieback,
and how to contain the pathogen from spreading to influential and
famous Kauri trees, like Tane Mahuta.

L.I We are learning to write an argument.

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