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Worksheetsfisheries
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
what are the fish that are caught accidently known as?
unlucky
sidecatch
bycatch
fishfry
how can you improve the use of long lines?
use circle hooks
limit the length of the line
fish at a depth sea birds can't reach the bait
use thicker line
what is the main problem with demersal trawling
you don't catch much
damage to the seabed
too much by catch
ropes get stuck on the bottom
how can fish stocks be saved?
have quotas
stop illegal fishing
have no fishing zones
just keep fishing normally
why might dolphins get stuck in seine nets?
unlucky
they get caught because they were trying to steal the catch
they swim into the net
they jump over the net
what is ghost fishing?
fishing by the ghosts of lost fishermen
being very quiet & still to catch fish close by
catching fish by lost or discarded fishing equipment loose in the oceans
fishing for ghost carp
Demersal fishing refers to
fishing at the surface
fishing in midwater
fishing on the ocean bottom
fishing around a wide area
what are pelagic species?
fish that swim on the bottom
fish that swim in midwater to the surface level
fish that swim close to pelicans
fish that don't swim
what fish used to be caught in huge quantites in the north sea but was overfished so much that the population crashed?
cod
salmon
herring
plaice
how can some wild fish stocks be saved?
catch & release
fish farming
ban fishing
no fishing zones
