One of the threats to endangered sea turtle species is the use of nets by commercial shrimp-fishing boats. When turtles get accidentally caught in the nets, they cannot rise to the surface of the ocean to breathe, and they die. Some people suggest that this problem can be solved through an invention called a turtle excluder device (TED) that is incorporated into the nets. A TED provides a passage through which the turtles can escape. However, TEDs have been criticized for several reasons. First, some shrimpers (shrimp fishers) argue that turtles get trapped only rarely: it is estimated that on average, one shrimp boat accidentally catches about one turtle every month. On the other hand, using TEDs costs the shrimpers some of their catch. Every time the shrimpers cast the nets, a certain percentage of shrimp manage to escape through the turtle passages. The shrimpers complain that the cost of losing shrimp on a daily basis is too high in comparison with the small chance of saving one turtle. Second, there are alternative methods of protecting sea turtles that may be more effective than TEDs. One method that can be used is shortening the time limit that shrimp boats are allowed to keep their nets underwater. When the time limit is reached, the nets have to be pulled up to the surface, allowing any turtles caught in the net to get air and also giving shrimpers the opportunity to release the turtles from the nets. Third, TEDs are not effective for larger species of endangered sea turtles. Some species like loggerhead and leatherback turtles can grow to be quite large and cannot fit through the escape passage that standard TEDs provide. Such turtles cannot escape from the nets even if the nets are equipped with TEDs.
The passage explains the use of turtle excluder device (TED) by shrimp-fishing boats to save turtles from being trapped in commercial nets and die because of being unable to come to the surface to catch some breath. The passage has listed three facts opposing this approach. However, the speaker holds a contradictory view that not all these three arguments are true and TED can actually be useful.
First, the writer proposes that turtles are rarely trapped in the nets and the cost of losing shrimps by TEDs are much higher than the chance of catching turtles. However, the professor points out that although the chance of catching turtles by one boat is low, considering the large number of boats across the sea and also the small number of this kind of turtles it is still considerable. He explains that there is thousand number of boats that will catch thousand number of turtles every year, and considering the population of turtles is too small it is a big loss. Therefore, she thinks the damage of this loss should be measured by the impact of this hunt on the population of existing turtles, and not the number of turtles caught every year. The writer’s first argument is refuted.
Second, the passage suggests using an alternative method of shortening time limit that a boat is allowed to keep their nets underwater. To render this disproof, the lecturer reveals that enforcing this kind of limits is very difficult. He elaborates that it is impossible for the police to monitor the time limit of this many boats, but monitoring usage of TED in nets is so much easier. They can just monitor the nets are the start of every day to make sure they are using nets that has TED. Considering this fact, the second idea in the passage is also retorted.
Third, the essay says that TED is not effective for larger species of turtles. Nevertheless, the speaker rebuts this idea. He thinks that although general TEDs are not appropriate for some turtles, but TEDs can be easily modified in the areas that contain these species to accommodate to this situation. So, the solution proposed here is designing proper TEDs for these species. This overturns the writer’s concept.
| Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-28 | Joe Cedillo | 83 | view |
| 2018-11-02 | anoynimus | 65 | view |
- Agnostids were a group of marine animals that became extinct about 450 million years ago. Agnostid fossils can be found in rocks in many areas around the world. From the fossil remains, we know that agnostids were primitive arthropods-relatives of modern- 80
- Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. do you think this is a good idea? 73
- TPO 47 61
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Teachers were more appreciated and valued by society in the past than they are nowadays.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 65
- TPO 45 3
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 418, Rule ID: NODT_DOZEN[1]
Message: Use simply: 'a thousand'.
Suggestion: a thousand
...considerable. He explains that there is thousand number of boats that will catch thousan...
^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 459, Rule ID: NODT_DOZEN[1]
Message: Use simply: 'a thousand'.
Suggestion: a thousand
...housand number of boats that will catch thousand number of turtles every year, and consi...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, nevertheless, second, so, still, therefore, third, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 10.4613686534 229% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 22.412803532 161% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 47.0 30.3222958057 155% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1816.0 1373.03311258 132% => OK
No of words: 374.0 270.72406181 138% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.85561497326 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.3976220399 4.04702891845 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56068221879 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 185.0 145.348785872 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.494652406417 0.540411800872 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 555.3 419.366225166 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.8170421259 49.2860985944 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.888888889 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.7777777778 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.5 7.06452816374 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.178525696239 0.272083759551 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0507274355823 0.0996497079465 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0645990298613 0.0662205650399 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.104902569542 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0459211298846 0.0443174109184 104% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.91 12.2367328918 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
---------------------
Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.