Sustainable Fishing

What event occurred in the 1950s and 1960s that still affects the world's fisheries today?

• An increase in fishing technology led to an increase in fish caught today

• Many offshore fisheries became commercially inviable

• Worldwide fishing harvests declined

• Many fisheries collapsed

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Which of the following does not describe the status of the world's wild fisheries?

• Habitat destruction threatens the fisheries.

• Fish farming has allowed wild fish to recover worldwide.

• Subsidies are necessary to make the fisheries profitable.

• Overharvesting threatens the fisheries.

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Which of the following are reasons why overfishing has become a problem in recent decades?

• improved fishing technology

• growing human population's demand for fish

• increased preference for eating fish

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Which of the following is the most environmentally responsible method of fishing?

• small scale traditional fishing

• explosive fishing

• bottom trawling

• long-line fishing

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Which of the following is NOT an example of bycatch?

• throwing back fish that are smaller than the preferred size

• dolphins getting caught in tuna nets

• catching multiple species of fish to sell

• seabirds getting hooked on long lines

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Why did the North Atlantic cod fishery collapse?

• climate change

• overfishing

• acid rain

• eutrophication

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What is the tragedy of the commons?

• decrease in a resource due to common mistakes made by government managers

• individuals maximizing their use of a common resource until it is destroyed for everyone

• a name of a fishing technique that involves trawling the commons

• the sadness that comes from knowing that common fishes are going extinct

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