Conservation
The management of an area that allows no removal of the natural resources, i.e. National Parks.
What is preservation?
Top commercial fishery in St Johns County (in pounds)
Triggerfish, Mahi mahi, Vermilion snapper
What is Vermilion snapper?
This agency oversees the regulations for fishing in Florida
What is the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission?
Approximately the number of organisms that SeaWorld claims it has helped rescue (within 500)
What is 35,000?
This country is the leader in fisheries production, both capture and aquaculture
What is China?
This naturalist came up with the land ethic in his landmark book, A Sand County Almanac.
Who is Aldo Leopold?
The Inshore Slam is recognized as catching three estuarine species. Please name one of them
What are red drum, spotted seatrout, and flounder?
This US federal agency oversees the Ocean and Coastal refuges within the National Wildlife Refuge System
What is the US Fish and Wildlife Service?
This documentary got SeaWorld in hot water over safety issues and animal care
What is Blackfish?
This country catches the most tuna (by weight) in the world and is NOT China
Who is Japan?
This State is not in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina
What is Alabama?
Not managed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
Spot, Atlantic Menhaden, Striped Bass, Permit
What is Permit?
According to their website, the mission of this Federal Agency is "ensuring that the nation's seafood supply, both domestic and imported, is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and honestly labeled"
What is the Food and Drug Administration?
SeaWorld has the world's largest rehabilitation facility for this marine mammal prone to boat strikes
What is the West Indian Manatee?
Recent estimate from the World Wildlife Fund as to how many people get their primary source of protein from the ocean (within 500 million)
What is 3 billion?
The federal agency that oversees that National Marine Fisheries Service.
What is NOAA?
A fishery commercial fishing technique in which hooks are baited on a line that can be several miles long
What is longline fishing?
This state agency produces fish consumption advisory levels
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
The Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) is the research arm of SeaWorld and operates three research facilities in two states. Name both of the states
What is Florida and California?
This country is the largest consumer of seafood
What is China?
I was the champion of the conservation movement, and have a rich history with John Muir, a champion of the preservation movement.
Who is Gifford Pinchot?
The unwanted or non-target species caught during commercial fishing
What is bycatch?
This legislation was passed in 1976 and continues to be one of the most important laws regarding fisheries
What is the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act?
This group is by far the most rescued of all organisms by SeaWorld
What are birds?
This is the most consumed fish in the US
What is salmon?