Apes: To Fish or Not To Fish Name: Directions: Read The State of the Nation’s Marine Managed Areas, linked on my wiki on today’s date. Answer the questions below
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Directions: Read The State of the Nation’s Marine Managed Areas, linked on my wiki on today’s date. Answer the questions below. What criteria must be met in order for a site to be considered an MMA? What is the official definition of a Marine Protected Area? Give three reasons why MPAs are important. Who establishes and manages MPAs? How many marine managed areas are there in the U.S.? Click on the Gone Fishing Link on my wikispace. Read the text and look at the graph. Answer the questions below. 1: Describe the trends you see in the Haddock landings from 1969-2004. Are there steady trends or distinct turning points? 2: Calculate the difference between the greatest and least landing values. What percentage of the maximum yield was the minimum yield? In what years did these extremes occur? 3: Look carefully at the years 1985-2000. What does it mean for the fishing mortality to be consistently "high" while landings were consistently "low"? 4: According to stock assessments by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, the value of FMSY for Georges Bank haddock is 0.26. During which years was Georges Bank haddock subject to overfishing? 5: Was Georges Bank haddock subject to overfishing as of 2004? Click NEXT PAGE Read the text and look at the graph. 1: Describe the trends you see in Georges Bank Atlantic Cod Spawning Stock Biomass from 1978-2004. Are there steady trends or distinct turning points? 2: What do you think are the long-term consequences of declining Spawning Stock Biomass? Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 9.27 Kb. Share with your friends:
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