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Chapter 19 Flashcards

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Harvesting the Oceans Resources

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Sea has been a major source of food for human populations
- new source of natural resources over past 100 years
- many are concerned about increased development along with increased fishing pressure

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Commercial Fishing dooms day study

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A study released in 2006 reported that by 2048 most commercially fisheries will collapse due to overfishing

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Humans have harvested fish and shellfish (invertebrates) from oceans for thousands of years but there has been A

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dramatic increase in past 50 years

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Over the past 50 years there has been a change in how fisheries catch has been used

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1950: 90% human consumption; 10% feed
1988: 60% human consumption; 40% feed

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Renewable Resources

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resources that can replenish themselves
- animals not caught can replace those that were

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The goal of fisheries management is to maintain these resources by:

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Enacting policies on fishing practices
Setting catch limits

If done correctly should:
Prevent overfishing to the point of extinction
Allow enough animals to survive and reproduce
Allow for fisheries to be sustainable in the future

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Stocks

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a separate population of fish that is assumed to be reproductively isolated from others in the range

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Tagging

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a procedure for monitoring the distribution and movement of animals in the environment

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Landings

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the catch made by fishing vessels

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Fishing effort

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a measure of the number of vessels fishing, the number of fishers working, and the number of hours spent fishing
- Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE)

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Potential Yield

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the number of pounds of fish or shellfish a stock can yield annually without being overexploited

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Sustainable Yield

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the maximum yield over several years that will not stress a stock

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Surplus population models

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– used to search for the largest fishing mortality rates that can be offset by increased population growth, normally measured in changes in population biomass per unit time

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Complex calculations based upon several life history parameters, including:

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population density
population biomass
population growth rate

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If quota set too high:

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yield would exceed the surplus population so the population would be driven to extinction

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If quota set too low:

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  • will stabilize and yield lower than BMSY or
  • will become unstable and either increase to equilibrium at the higher population size or crash
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Biological interactions

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mean that population dynamics of different species are inevitably linked

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Overfishing

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is catching fish faster than they can reproduce and replace themselves

At least 60% of the world’s 200 most valuable species are currently overfished

Overfishing can cause changes in:
- Genetic diversity
- Species diversity
- Habitat

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Trawl Nets

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are large nets that are dragged along the sea bottom

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Gillnets

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made from monofilament line continue catching for hundreds of years

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Bottom Trawls

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can stir up sediment and destroy bottom substrates

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Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ):

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is the area of ocean that a coastal nation controls

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Law Of the Sea (1977)

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established 200-mile-wide Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)
granting coastal nations exclusive rights with respect to natural resources

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Surimi

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is a fishery product made from Alaskan Pollock
- fats and oils removed; flavor added back to mimic shellfish

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Incidental Catch (Bycatch)
the non-commercial animals that are killed during fishing for commercial species
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Trash Fish
the term used for incidental catch that is solely fish
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Inefficient use of catch: Shark Finning
100 million sharks are killed each year Estimates are between 63-273 million per year
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Drift Nets
are large nets that may stretch for as much as 60 kilometers
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Tans
are individual sections of a drift net
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Case Study mackerel and red snapper
GOM shrimp fisheries discarded 19 million red snapper and 3 million Spanish mackerel
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Aquaculture (Mariculture):
the use of aquaculture techniques to breed and raise marine organisms
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Monoculture
the process of raising a single species in aquaculture
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Polyculture
the process of raising several species together in aquaculture
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Raft Culture
a form of aquaculture in which juveniles of commercially valuable molluscs are attached to ropes suspended from rafts
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Eco-Friendly Aquaculture
is a type of aquaculture where the growing of fish or shellfish do not have negative impacts on the environment; sometimes positive
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Eco-Friendly Aquaculture Often involves
Using waste to produce food for animals - sewage to grow algae to feed oysters Using waste a fertilizer for plants - shrimp farm waste to fertilize adjacent fields 3) Using animals to minimize waste back to sea - bivalves to clean waste water before return
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Problems with Aquaculture
Pollution - nutrients food waste animal waste - drugs & chemicals 2) Wild fish caught to feed cultured fish - global production decreases 3) Invasive species - impact foodwebs - cause disease
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Purse seines
are huge nets that can be closed by pulling on a line; similar to the way a purse or a bag of marble is closed
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Backing Down
a technique in which the skiff setting the purse seine backs up, causing the edge of the net to drop beneath the surface of the water, allowing dolphins to escape
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Ocean Ranching (sea ranching):
a process in which young fish are raised in pens and then returned to the sea to supplement natural populations - ½ fish commercially caught are hatchery fish
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Desalination
the process of removing salt from seawater
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Sulfides
minerals containing sulfur include gold, silver, platinum etc… Manganese - estimated 16 million metric tons on ocean floor
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Fossil Fuels
are fuels formed from the remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago
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Methane Hydrate
is ice that holds methane gas
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Case Studies Anchovies
Anchovies represent worlds largest catch of a single species; Changes is ocean production (El Nino) coupled with overfishing caused a crash in the fishery
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Case Studies Tuna
Tuna are a global fishery with over 4.6 million tons annually harvested in the US Depending upon species and location tuna are either: Longlined – yellowfin, bigeye, albacore Hand lined – Bluefin, albacore Purse seined – yellowfin, bluefin
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Case Studies Marine Mammal Protection Act
1972 to reduce the number of marine mammals, including dolphins killed in fisheries Implemented several changes to purse seining methods and equipment including a Backing Down procedure
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Case Studies Salmon
Salmon are an important fishery in the US Pacific Salmon – Pacific NW & Alaska Atlantic Salmon – N. Atlantic & Farmed Due to high demand for fish and increased pressure upon wild stocks; fish in Pacific NW & Alaska are reared in hatcheries and released to supplement wild stocks - ½ fish commercially caught are hatchery fish
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Case Studies Shellfish
represent a large amount of the commercial catch in the world - 7 million metric tons molluscs - 5.5. million metric tons crustaceans
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Mineral Resources
30% of the worlds supply of Salt (NaCl) 200 million metric tons annually 60% of the worlds supply of Magnesium 70% of the worlds supply of Bromine 10 million tons of Gold 4 billion tons of Uranium
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Most widespread seafloor mining is to extract sand and gravel for:
cement - concrete - replenishing natural beaches - creating artificial beaches
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Oil and Natural Gas
90% of the value of minerals taken from the sea - formed from remains of microorganisms like diatoms Annual revenue of offshore production is over $100 Billion

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