Fishing Methods Review

Which fishing method uses baited hooks on a line, bounced up and down?

• pots

• longliners

• jigs

• trawlers

Which fishing method uses metal cages and teeth that dig into the benthic zone?

• trawling

• dredging

• purse seining

• gillnetting

Which fishing method is shown?

• purse seining

• harpooning

• handlines

• gillnetting

This method of fishing is left on the seafloor and then pulled back onto boats later.

• Longlines

• Pots

• Trawlers

• Harpoons

What method of fishing involves a single long, spear-like weapon or crossbow?

• Jigs

• Dredgers

• Gillnets

• Harpoons

Why is dredging bad for the local ecosystem?

• Lots of by-catch

• destroys habitat

• may give yields so big that overfishing occurs

• all of these

The least amount of by-catch happens with

• harpoons

• trawlers

• gillnets

• longlines

These were introduced in Newfoundland in the 1950s.

• Harpoons and trawlers

• Seiners and longliners

• pots and traps

• baskets

What is shown in the picture?

• Longline

• Pots

• Purse seiner

• Bottom trawler

Used to catch lobster

• Jigs

• Purse seine

• Harpoon

• Pots