Chapter 9 - SALMON Flashcards
In BC, salmon can be found in
Fish farms out in the Pacific. They have been transplanted here.
Fishing in Canada is managed as if it were an _____ sector
industrial
individual transferable quotas
Shares of the total allowable annual catch of a single species of fish allocated according to the weight of fish to be caught in a given area over a given period of time. ITQs can be bought, sold, leased, or otherwise transferred, and therefore take on the quality of a property right to the allocated wild fish specie
“Slipper Skippers”
Individuals or corporations owning individual transferable fish quotas who stay at home and hire a skipper and crew to catch the quota for them.
This new development allows those who own the fish to be separate from those who catch them.
“use it or lose it” rule in Alaska
The rule mandates that fishing licence holders be on their boat during the fishing season.
This approach has ensured that government quotas remain in the hands of small owner-operators.
world seafood consumption now approaches___per cent farmed rather than wild species.
50
Blue Revolution
The shift from fishing for wild fish to growing domesticated aquatic species as commodities for sale in global seafood markets. It is associated with the rapid expansion of intensive, commercial aquaculture operations on the model of the Green Revolution in agriculture.
