The Ocean

The ocean covers _% of the Earth's surface.

• 70%

• 60%

• 80%

• 90%

In 1950, world fisheries capture production was 19 million tonnes. By 2016, this figure had...

• increased by 5 times

• increased by 2 times

• increased by 7 times

• decreased by half

What percentage of global marine stocks were overfished in 2015?

• 33%

• 25%

• 12%

• 45%

There is greater foreign competition by fishing vessels in Australia than the Pacific waters

• True

• False

Australia is surrounded by an EEZ which stands for :

• Exclusive Economic Zone

• Extra Environmental Zone

• Expanded Eco Zone

• Exclusive Ecological Zone

Fish and Seafood are traded more globally than (multiple answers):

• coffee

• tea

• sugar

• bananas

100% of the ocean has been affected by humans

• True

• False

Overfishing can have negative consequences for global food security

• True

• False

In an MPA, you

• restrict or stop fishing

• encourage fishing

• stop fishing organisms lower on the food chain

• only fish organisms lower on the food chain

What are the implications of overfishing for our global food security?

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