Marine Fisheries Conservation
Tuna ranching
What is the practice of catching wild juvenile tuna and raising them in net pens to be fattened for the market?
280+
What is the number of freshwater fish species in Georgia?
Devil's hole, Nevada
What is the Smallest habitat of any known vertebrate or what is the habitat of the endangered Devil's hole pupfish?
Cones
What are the types of cells in the retina that are useful for daytime vision?
Bluefin tuna
Which marine fish is considered the most expensive per pound?
Minnows
What is the largest southeastern fish family?
7Q10
What is the statistic used by regulators to set the minimum water level based on waste dilution?
Countershading
What is an adaptation to become indistinguishable from the background?
Factory ships
What was the major cause of the cod fisheries' collapse in the 1970s?
Topographic and geologic variation
Name one reason for elevated biodiversity in the southeast?
fish ladder
What is the name of the structure built over or around a dam that allows migrating fish to swim upstream?
Comet or marine betta
What is the fish that mimics the moray eel?
Spillover and larval export into non-MPA areas result in a higher density of fish in fished areas
What is a benefit of Marine Protected Areas to fishers?
Savannah River beheaded the Chattahoochee River
What is an axample of stream capture in Georgia?
Functional flow
What is the ecologist-recommended water levels/flow that are derived from natural flow variability?
Bars, stripes, and eyespots
What are some approaches to disruptive coloration?
Conserve 30% of Land, Waters and Seas by 2030
What is a target of the Kunming-Montreal
Global Biodiversity Framework?
Population genetics studies
What type of research is essential for successful reintroduction efforts?
Frozen wild-caught Alaskan (excluding Chinook) salmon
What is the most sustainable type of salmon that you can buy in Georgia?
deep red, brown, black, or translucent
What are the common colors of nocturnal fishes?