to serve the market demand for high-value coral fish. This has evidently impacted the local ecosystem through coral bleaching and the killing of untargeted species. The use of dynamite fishing or blast fishing is evident in coastal regions of Tanzania. The vast use of this method in the region has seen marine scientists, international environmental NGOs, and environment activists label the practice as destructive and unsustainable. The profit from their catches is described to be a factor in the continual use of the dangerous practice. During the period between 2000 and 2001, a field study was conducted in Oman to simulate the catch rate of fishing gear that has been lost in the ocean (ghost fishing), by setting nets at various depths in fishing grounds across cities in Oman. The study found that the mortality rate as a result of these simulated tests, estimated to 1.3kg per a trap, per a day. This evaluated to a predicted mortality rate of 78.4kg per a lost gear, over six months. A study conducted in the Glover's Reef Marine Reserve, Belize, between 2004-2010 and 2011-2017, found that the mortality rates for most species were much higher than the natural mortality rate. This is a result of over-fishing with the main gears being used in those regions consisting of spears and fishing rods. By-catching was also observed through the frequent catching of immature grouper and snapper species. Mitigation using sustainable methods Concerns over the unsustainable nature of the use of these fishing methods have been identified by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea treaty which focuses attention on over-fishing through the use of these methods. According to the United Nations convention agreements in exclusive economic zones (1994): Article 61 focuses on the "conservation of the living resources" which obligates the coastal state to properly conserve and manage its living resources to ensure that these resources are not over-exploited. The state is also obligated to maintain maximum sustainable yield of harvested populations whilst also taking into consideration other species that are associated or depend on that harvested population. Article 62 concerns the "utilization of the living resources" in relations to the governing of harvesting those living resources within the coastal state's exclusive economic zone. This includes the enforcement of conservation measures, such as the licensing of fishing vessels and equipment, regulating the type, size and amount of gear used and permitting