Unit 08- Sustainable Seafood Flashcards
Most of the global fish production that is not used directly for human food is processed and used as high-protein feed for livestock and aquaculture:
True
Aquaculture accounts for approximately ______ % of the total global fishery food supply.
a) 1%
b) 10%
c) 25%
d) 50%
e) 80%
D
Which country dominates the global fisheries production?
China
The FAO estimate that almost _____% of fish stocks are currently being fished at biologically unsustainable levels.
a) 10%
b) 30%
c) 50%
d) 75%
e) 100%
B
An ecosystem approach to managing fisheries only considers the target species.
False
Turtle excluder device is a device used to decrease the amount of bycatch in the fishing industry.
True
A good way to assess the sustainability of wild caught fish is to examine the type of food that is consumed by the fish.
False
In Canada all farmed salmon is produced using a closed-containment system.
False
The following fishing method is particularly damaging to the seafloor.
a) Midwater Gillnet
b) Purse Seine
c) Pelagic Longline
d) Bottom Trawl
e) Closed-containment aquaculture
D
The following fishing method causes little habitat damage but can cause high levels of bycatch.
a) Bottom Gillnet
b) Bottom Trawling
c) Pelagic Longline
d) Dredging
e) Bottom Longline
C
Off-bottom culture is an aquaculture method used primarily for the production of shellfish
True
Mangrove forest destruction is associated with the farming of what type of seafood?
a) Salmon
b) Oysters
c) Shrimp
d) Coba
e) Scallops
C
Open net-pen aquaculture is used to produce farmed shellfish.
False
