(western region) primary economic activities

Question 1

what is primary economic activities

Answer 1

primary economic activities refers to the extraction and use of natural resources from land and sea, such as agriculture,forestry,fishing and oil and gas

Question 2

whats wrong with western market location

Answer 2

*location means is isolated from where it sells its good,low population density means less people to sell locally *transport networks make it harder and more expensive to move stock around

Question 3

whats wrong with selling to local marts

Answer 3

selling animals to local marts makes you less than selling to big plants

Question 4

what % of land is used for pastoral(animal farming)

Answer 4

72.8% of land is used for pastoral(animal farming) -less profitable

Question 5

average farm size

Answer 5

average farm size is 25 hectors.too small to create a decent profits

Question 6

(limited commercial farming)2 facts about western farmers

Answer 6

60% of farmers are over 50years old, only 25% of farmers can make money without EU help

Question 7

effect of the north alantic drift

Answer 7

north Atlantic drift keeps ports ice free and brings lots of fish

Question 8

effect of the shallow contained shelf

Answer 8

shallow shelf means lots of plankton which means lots of fish

Question 9

effect of low levels of pollution

Answer 9

relatively clean,water,good for shelfish farming

Question 10

fishing(impact of eu) CFP

Answer 10

common fisheries policy (cfp) was introduced in 1983 to combat overfishing *quota,embargos and restrictions in fishing vessel size were implemented

Question 11

what is tac(impact of eu)

Answer 11

introduction of total allowable (tac),limits amounts of fish each country can catch in a year

Question 12

physical factors affecting agriculture

Answer 12

climate,relief and drainage,soils

Question 13

what gas field is on coast of Mayo

Answer 13

corrib gas field,supplies 60% of irelands gas requirements,