Resources From the Ocean

People depend heavily on fishes and other ocean organisms for food.

• True

• False

List two other resources ocean organisms provide for materials other than food.

Nearly all fishes caught are harvested from coastal waters or areas of _________.

If used wisely, fisheries naturally renew themselves each year.

• True

• False

___________ causes the supply of fish to decrease.

The farming of freshwater and saltwater organisms.

• aquaculture

• overfishing

• upwelling

• harvesting

What factors must be controlled in order for aquaculture to be successful?

List two other resources ocean organisms can produce

What drawbacks can aquaculture have?

Some nonliving resources from the ocean include (choose all that apply)

• water

• fuels

• minerals

• oil