Continental shelf
Does photosynthesis happen in the shallow seas?
Yes
What does UNCLOS stand for?
United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea
Producers for the oceanic food web are:
phytoplankton
What percentage of world fisheries are fully exploited?
70%
What is a sustainable yield?
Increase natural capital
In what kind of waters do continental shelves exist
Shallow waters
What is aquaculture?
Breeding, raising and harvesting fish on aquatic plants
Phytoplankton make up what percentage of oceanic productivity?
98%
What is the goal of aquaculture?
Artificially grow fish to supply population needs
What can be exploited each year without affecting the original stock?
IE natural income
In which way does harvesting a country's continental shelf affect the ocean?
overfishing and pollution
Does China's fishery food supply depend more on aquaculture or capture?
Aquaculture
Zooplankton are primary consumers of:
phytoplankton
What is the impact of nutritional culture in fishery?
Improve fish consumption
What two factors are crucial to fisheries?
amount of fish and their size
What kind of social issues do continental shelves create?
environmental, geopolitical and cultural
How far off is the exclusive economic zone
200 nautical miles
Which species live in the ocean floor?
Benthic
In which ways does fishmeal upcycle?
Using scraps that would have been wated
How can oceanic current fluctuations be predicted?
There is no way to predict
What percentage do continental shelves have upon ocean productivity?
50%
Where do countries have the exclusive rights to fish on:
Internal waters, coastline and the entire continental shelf
In which conditions do pelagic species live?
Surrounded by seawater from above the ocean floor to the surface
What is the negative impact of escaped species?
Outcompare native species and cause a population to crash
What is the formula for SY?
annual growth and recruitment - annual death and emmigration