Sustainable Fishing Quiz Y10 Independent 2024

Why is it important to maintain fish stocks at sustainable levels?

• To ensure there are enough fish for future generations

• To increase the price of fish

• To reduce the number of fishing boats

• To make fishing more difficult

What is one of the main strategies to maintain fish stocks?

• Allowing fishing only in certain seasons

• Reducing the size of fishing nets

• Setting strict quotas on the number of fish caught

• Increasing the number of fishing boats

What is the purpose of setting fishing quotas?

• To increase competition among fishermen

• To make fishing more expensive

• To allow remaining fish to breed and restore population levels

• To reduce the number of fish in the sea

Why must the net size be large enough in fishing?

• To reduce the cost of nets

• To catch more fish at once

• To avoid catching smaller, immature fish

• To make the nets easier to handle

What happens if fish stocks fall below a certain level?

• Fishing becomes easier

• Fish stocks will increase rapidly

• Fish become more expensive

• There are not enough mature fish left to breed

What is the consequence of fish stocks collapsing to an extremely low level?

• Fish prices will drop

• Fishing technology will improve

• Fish will become more abundant

• Commercial fishing for those species will not be possible

What has been the trend in fish stocks over the past 20 years?

• Fish stocks have become dangerously low

• Fish stocks have remained constant

• Fish stocks have increased significantly

• Fish stocks have been unaffected

What was the impact of quotas and minimum net sizes on North Sea Cod in the 1970s and 80s?

• The population became extinct

• The population fell sharply

• The population increased to sustainable levels

• The population remained the same

What is the role of modern technology in fishing?

• To make fishing more expensive

• To locate fish more easily

• To reduce the number of fish caught

• To decrease the size of fishing nets