Fishing in Ireland

What do fish eat?

• sandwiches

• seaweed

• plankton

• whales

When did Ireland join the EEC?

• 1973

• 1999

• 1985

• 2000

How did membership of the EEC result in overfishing?

• They eat more fish

• foreign trawlers can fish in Irish waters

• they stole fish

Which of the below is modern technology that means fish is easier to catch?

• engine

• radar

• rudder

• radio

what does mesh size mean?

• size of nets

• size of boats

• size of fish

• size of holes in nets

what is a fishing quota?

• a limit on fish to be caught

• unlimited fishing

which of the following species of fish are under threat due to overfishing?

• cod

• herring

• haddock

• all of the above

How big is the Irish conservation box?

• 100,000km2

• 1,000,000km2

• 1000km2

• 200,000km2

________________ is the artificial watering of the land

• irrigation

• flowing

• watering

• heighting

are fish renewable or non renewable?

• renewable

• non renewable