Management Strategies For Overfishing

Question 1

No-catch zones

Answer 1

Where the removal of any resources is prohibited

3 zones in UK - laundry, flamborough head a d lamlash bay

Question 2

Marine protected areas ( MPAs )

Answer 2

Areas of marine environment reserved by law to protect natural resources

Can limit fishing, mining and tourism

Most are found within territorial waters

Great Barriere reef off the Queensland coast of Australia

Question 3

Marine conservation zones ( MCZs )

Answer 3

Designed to protect range of nationally important marine wildlife

50 MCZs in the seas around England protecting over 20,000 km of sea including offshore Brighton which covers 862 km

Question 4

Fishing quotas

Answer 4

Reduce catches to a biologically and economically sustainable level, authorities will introduce total allowable catches

Based on scientific advice about stocks

EU USA AND NZ employ quotas