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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
The term typically used when referring to the process of maintaining or keeping an environment in tact.
Preservation
This form of mining consists of digging large shafts into the Earth and it tends to occur under the water table.
Sub-surface Mining
Bycatch
How would increased use of Aquaculture affect ocean population diversity?
It would decrease ocean biodiversity
The Act makes it illegal to "take" marine mammals without a permit. This means people may not harass, feed, hunt, capture, collect, or kill any marine mammal or part of a marine mammal.
US Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
a situation where shared resources are overused, and eventually depleted, posing risks to everyone involved.
Tragedy of the Commons
The soil and rock overlying a mineral deposit is known as...
Overburden
An quickly growing environmental problem regarding drastic decreases in ocean populations as a result of fisheries seeking higher profits by using destructive processes.
Overfishing
What is one pro of using Aquaculture?
Provides consistent source of fish alleviating stress put on the natural ocean environment.
This law granted free access to individuals and corporations to prospect for minerals in public domain land, and allows them, upon making a discovery, to stake a claim on that deposit
General Mining Deposit Law (1872)
The term for "turning back time" or returning something(in this case an ecosystem) back to its former good condition.
Restoration
The process in which a concentrated ore is melted in a furnace where impurities are either burned-off as gas or separated as molten slag
Smelting
The fishing method consisting of using a funnel shaped net and dragging it near the bottom of the ocean
Bottom Trawling
What are potential problems should a fish from a fish farm escape into the nearby ocean?
It could turn into an invasive species or transmit disease into wild populations
This act established a comprehensive national fish and shellfish resource policy directed primarily towards industry
Fish and Wildlife Act (1956)
Mitigation
The country with the most coal production in the world
China
The method of fishing consisting of placing very long lines with thousands of hooks.
Longlining
Mariculture
This act assisted in training state fish and wildlife enforcement personnel and assistance to states in development of their marine conservation efforts
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1980)
Remediation
Tailings
Purse seine
What pollutant is found in higher concentrations in farmed fish resulting in added health concerns
PCBs
This law established a program for regulating surface coal mining and reclamation activities
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)