Fisheries Unit

Why haven't we noticed the decline in modern fisheries until recently?

Which of the following fishing techniques crushes coral underneath the nets?

Before the industrial age, this fishing has occurred on a sustainable level

The extensive fishing of the oceans has caused a dramatic decline in fishery numbers

Involved dragging a long fishing line with baited hooks along its length behind a boat.

A con to aquaculture:

Every state has its own laws for fishing

Sets up naval boundaries and the waters that belong to the nations surrounding those boundaries

The organization that publishes list of fish that consumers should eat in order to protect #s

Reflects the change from harvesting large fish, to medium-sized fish, to smaller fish.

Created to reduce fishing demands on marine organisms living within their boundaries

An area that prohibits ANY activity that would remove or damage life in that area

An economic problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit from resource.

Probably the least damaging type of fishing

This technique involves a large amount of bycatch

As an alternative to fishing, humans have developed systems similar to farms on land

Today many of our waters are becoming overfished and depleted

The practice of dragging large nets through the surface water to catch fish.

Today's Overfishing is due to an increase in the technology/ size of fish harvesting operations

A pro to aquaculture: