Managing an Endangered Fishery Flashcards
Who where the two scientists involved in Georges Bank management?
Michael Fogarty and Steven Murawski back in the late 1990s
What did Muraski and Fogarty find about variations in species harvesting and total fishing effort?
Lead to changes in biological communities and the physical habitat in Georges Bank
What was fishing like before 1977 when the Two-Hundred-mile limit was established?
Heavy fishing by the foreign fleet that reduced the population of commercial species (such as mackerel and herring) and increased populations of non-commercial species
Where are the “Closed Areas” Located 1994?
Locations were the commercial species are mostly habituated. They are here to allow species to recover
Fishing for what species causes damage to the ocean bottom habitat and who does this harm?
groundfish, this is detrimental to cod and flounder that concentrate in bottom gravel. This is made worse by large-scale scallop harvesting in those areas who use drag nets.
Why does managing U.S Georges Bank with quotas and control of mesh sizes fail?
failure to account for disruption of food webs, that fishing caused
How could the “Closed Areas” affect the fishing market?
Supply could decrease meaning prices of fish would increase creating strain and reduced competition
Where is George’s Bank Located in US Territory?
East Massachusetts in the Atlantic Ocean
