Fisheries vocabulary

what are the fish that are caught accidently known as?

• unlucky

• sidecatch

• bycatch

• fishfry

how can fish stocks be saved?

• have quotas

• stop illegal fishing

• have no fishing zones

• just keep fishing normally

The highest amount a single ship or vessel can catch is known as the

• MSY

• quota

• TAC

• bycatch

The highest amount of a species of fish that is allowed to be caught in TOTAL (by all vessels combined) is the

• MSY

• quota

• TAC

• bycatch

The highest amount of a species of fish that scientists have calculated which can be caught WITHOUT overfishing is the

• MSY

• quota

• TAC

• bycatch

Artisanal fishing is

• high tech fishing methods

• commercial fishing

• low tech, traditional fishing methods

• unsustainable

A temporary ban on fishing so the stocks can increase is called

• bycatch

• a moratorium

• a mastication

• a mastadon