Fishery Facts
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100
These are the three fish that are most commonly caught today.
What are halibut, haddock, and salmon?
100
These are some methods of fishing.
What is traps, hook and line, grappling devices, stupefying devices, and nets?
100
Something used for marketing fish.
What is a fish market?
100
This takes place between 16 to 25 km of shore, and uses boats up to 20 m in lengh.
What is inshore fishing?
100
This fishery was closed in Newfoundland in 1992.
What is the Atlantic Northwest Cod Fishery?
200
Three areas in that fish are caught in Canada.
What are the east coast, the west coast, and freshwater lakes.
200
These are some common types of nets.
What is trawl and dredges?
200
A global system that links fishing communities with markets.
What is the live fish trade?
200
This makes up 15% of the fishing industry labour force.
What is offshore fishing?
200
In 1992, a moratorium was issued against the Atlanic Northwest Cod Fishery, which caused...
What is the closure of the fishery?
300
This main fishing areas in Canada has 15 000 commecial fishers.
What is the west coast?
300
These are some common stupefying devices.
What is dynamite and poison?
300
Some places that we ship our fish.
What is Europe, the United States of America, and he West Indies?
300
Offshore fisheries make up this percentage of the total number fish caught.
What is 90%?
300
The Atlantic Northwest Cod Fishery was closed after it had been running for many years. This was caused by...
What is overfishing?
400
This main fishing area caught 37 383 tonnes of fish.
What is the freshwater lakes?
400
This group has prohibited the use of stupifying devices.
What is The Food and Agriculture Organization?
400
The ammount of money the Canadian fishing industry produces a year.
What is 5 billion dollars a year?
400
The number of months that offshore fisheries run.
What is all year long?
400
The fishery had experienced a partial collapse in this year.
What is the 1970's?
500
The east coast is the largest fishing area in Canada, and has caught this many fish.
What is about 37 000 tonnes?
500
The nets are harmful to the ocean floor, because...
What is the metal drags on the ground and disrupts the plant life?
500
The amount of jobs supplied in Canada's fishing industry.
What is 120 000 jobs?
500
The crews of the inshor fisheries have this many workers.
What is 1- 6 people?
500
The number of fish caught peaked to this number in the mid 1960's.
What is 800 000?
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