Ch 17 Resources from the Sea

Fisheries renew themselves naturally each year, but __________________ has caused a shortage of fish in some areas.

• overfishing
• catch limits
• global warming
• aquaculture

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Fuels such as ________________ are created naturally over the course of hundreds of millions of years from the remains of dead marine organisms.

• coal
• nuclear material
• oil and natural gas
• wood

___________________ from damaged tankers or drilling platforms can cause wide destruction to living things in the ocean.

• Propellors
• Sewage dumping
• Scrap metal
• Oil pollution

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Which statement about ocean resources is true?

• Humans get very few resources from the ocean.

• Demand for the ocean's resources is increasing.

• The ocean is so big that we will never use up the resources.

• The ocean's resources have already been used up.

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What is bycatch?

• catching fish with drift nets

• fish other than the targeted species, often thrown away

• fish that are processed on a fishing vessel

• animals other than fish that are caught in nets

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All of the following are human impacts on the oceans: pollution, overfishing, bycatch, and decreased biodiversity.

• True

• False

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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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type of fishing has the lowest rates of bycatch.

• Pole Fishing

• Long Line Fishing

• Purse Seining

• Trawling

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8. The yellowfin tuna, as shown in the signs above, is marked as “avoid” through the Seafood Watch program. Which of these is a possible reason why?

• The fish were harvested exclusively through the use of pole fishing.

• Stocks of the fish are unusually high.

• The rate of bycatch may be high.

• Each of these is a possible reason.

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The United States has established annual catch limits to ensure fishing stocks can recover each year. Which of these statements best describes how these limits are established?

• The catch limits are lower than the maximum sustainable yield

• The catch limits are equal to the maximum sustainable yield

• The catch limits are greater than the maximum sustainable yield

• Catch limits are based on consumer demand, not on the health of fish stocks

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