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Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
What was the problem?
Fish is getting overfished!
There is a limited number of species getting caught!
Spongebob will take over the world!
Coral reef bleaching!
Deforastation
Overfishing is not a problem to our environment!
False
True
What's being done about overfishing!
No-fishing zones have been marked in many areas to allow fishes to recover. In addition to that, fishing areas are rotated among fisheries so each fishery has a fair share of the days to fish.
Fishing gear that catch tiny or baby fishes are discouraged to help the little fish grow. Only large net-mesh are allowed in some areas.
These days, there are many monitoring equipment and installations set up to regulate the activities and movement of fishing trawlers.
Fisheries are encouraged to stick to their Quota to limit the number of fish that can be caught at any time.
There are only a set number of days that fishing is allowed. This way, there is some fallow days for fish to breed and reproduce.
About how many fish is caught each month?
1 trillion
219 billion
120,000,000
320
About how many fish is caught each day?
7.3 billion
65 million
918,000,000
360,000
About how many fish is caught each year?
19 trillion
32 million
12 billion
2.7 trillion
About how many sea turtles are caught each year by longlines?
40,000
20,000
3,020
3 million
About how many albatross is caught each?
1 billion
402,020
200,000
321,890
