Fishing Methods
When people put there hands in muddy water, the catfish bites their arm, the person grabs them from the inside.
What is noodling?
What is the continental shelf?
What is the area of the ocean that is closest to land and the water is more shallow then the open ocean.
What type of fish got overfished in the late 1900s that caused their population to decline majorly?
What is cod?
What type of fish is caught near the ocean floor?
What is Groundfish?
Is the gillnet fishing method saltwater or fresh water fishing?
What is salt water fishing?
What is the continental shelf made of?
What is a lot of sedimentary rock beds.
What is a limited quantity of a particular product which under official controls can be produced, exported, or imported?
What is a quota?
What type of fish are without backbones, but with hard protective shells?
What is shellfish?
Name 2 of the 3 ways of harvesting shellfish
What is:
Dredging
Traps and pots
Diving
Why is the Continental Shelf a big part of the fishing industries in the East Coast?
The Continental Shelf is closer to the sun then the deeper parts of the ocean and the sun allows the algae and plankton to grow very well, fish love the abundance of algae and plankton and the salty water makes laying nests easier.
About how many people lost there jobs in Newfoundland and Labrador from the cod fishery collapse?
What is 30,000?
What is an example of a Pelagic Fish? (fish that feed and are caught near the surface)
What are salmon, herring, and Mack?