APES 5.8 Overfishing

What is "overfishing"?

• Fishing out of season

• Catching fish faster than they can replenish

• Catching fish from the top of the food chain

• Catching more fish than what people eat

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is bycatch?

• Catching other sea life than what you were aiming to catch

• Fish caught as the ships go by

• Fish that escapes out of nets

• Fish caught at the very end of the fishing season

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is an impact of fish disappearing? Select all that apply.

• Global warming

• Jobs and economies can disappear

• A major source of protein for humans is lost

• Sea levels will rise, flooding coastal areas

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are the effects of overfishing?

• Drop in the fish population and fish species going extinct

• Threatens the food availability as many people rely on fish as a source of food

• Loss of jobs in the fish industry

• People earning more money

• New species being discovered

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which type of fishing has high rates of bycatch and highly destructive of benthic communities.

• Pole Fishing

• Long Line Fishing

• Purse Seining

• Trawling

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5