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World Without Fish Ch 7

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is fish farming?

a)

Catching fish in the ocean with nets

b)

Catching fish with a trawler

c)

Raising fish in enclosures usually for human consumption

d)

Using fish as food for your farm animals

2.

Fish eat other fish that were grounded up into fish pellets

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Most farmed fish would not be able to survive in the wild. Why?

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4.

Check all of the following that are possible solutions to overfishing.

a)

Implementing a quota

b)

Limiting time at sea

c)

Closing off certain areas from fishing

d)

Any type, any amount, and any location can be used to fish

5.

What is by-catch?

a)

Catching two species of fish at once

b)

Unwanted fish and other marine animals caught during commercial fishing

c)

Discarding the species of fish caught that are unsustainable

6.

Why were fish populations thriving after the five years of WWII?

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7.

In the Kram & Ailat scene, why is the ocean orange? (one word)

(a)  

8.

Supplying people with farmed fish, saves our wild fish.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What are we protecting fish from by having fish farms? Is this truly "saving" them?

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10.

What is the "quota" system?

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11.

In what year did the British government charge fisherman with illegally landing fish that were over the quota?

a)

2007

b)

1989

c)

2000

d)

2005

12.

Do you think that a good quota alternative would be to rather give the fisherman a time limit than fish limit?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe, but only sometimes

13.

Do you think that it is smart of New England fisherman to start self-regulation within their group?

a)

Yes!

b)

No, that's not right!

14.

Do you think that fish populations can recover if they are left alone?

a)

No

b)

Yes

c)

Maybe, only if left for a long time

15.

What is "ecosystem-based management"?

a)

Recognizing all the different approaches that fish may be effected by

b)

Only looks at the human interactions

c)

Only looks at other animals that are effecting the fish life