Question 1

Use the figure above to answer the question(s)below. What is trawl fishing, what types of fish does it target, and which letter depicts it on the figure?

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Question 2

What is long-lining, what types of fish does it target, and which letter depicts it on the figure?

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Question 3

What part should subsidies play, if any, in the effort to reach sustainable fishing?

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Question 4

What is drift-net fishing and which letter depicts it on the figure?

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Question 5

Discuss how projected climate change is expected to influence marine ecosystems.

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Question 6

The Columbia River has 119 dams and a fish problem. If you were the person in charge of determining what to do, what would you decide? Would you seek to free up the river in favor of the fish, or would you make a few accommodations for the fish and leave the dams in place? Explain.

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Question 7

The Florida Everglades Case Study points out the problems associated with competing interests. In this case, the needs of a rapidly growing urban population compete with the needs of a massive, complex ecosystem. As the human population continues to grow, competition will grow. Is it important for an ecosystem such as the everglades to be restored given the cost and potential impact on the needs of the human population? Explain.

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Question 8

Respond to E. O. Wilson's proposed priorities for protecting the world's remaining ecosystems and species. Do they seem appropriate and possible? Should they be put in place? Who should be in charge of seeing they come to pass?

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Question 9

Define bycatch and ghost nets.

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Question 10

Use the figure above to answer the question(s)below. What is purse-seine fishing, what types of fish does it target, and which letter depicts it on the figure?

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