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Commercial fishing?

-fishing for profit


-very efficient


-large nets

Ground fish?

Fish that feed and are caught near ocean floor.

Pelagic fish?

Fish that feeds are are caught near surface.

Opposite of ground fish

Shellfish?

Mollusks and crustaceans.

M and c

Types of ground fish?

Cod,pollock,haddock,halibut,redfish.

Types of pelagic fish?

Salmon,herring,mackerel,tuna,Caplin.

Types of shellfish?

Shrimp,lobster,oyster,scallop,mussels

Methods of in shore fishing?

-small boats


-day trips only


-85% of fishers


-10% of fish

Methods of fishing off shore?

Large ships


-15%of fishers


-90% of fish


-out for 2 weeks


-in any weather

Fish in the east coast?

-cod


-haddock


-capelin


-scallop


-lobster

The Grand Banks?

Is being over fished.

Species in the west coast?

-salmon


-herring


-tuna


-shellfish

Species in freshwater? (Worlds largest)

-trout


-pike


-white fish


-yellow perch

Species in aquaculture?

-salmon


-mussels


-trout

Aquaculture? What is it?

Farming of fish.

Aquaculture risks?

-fish escaping


-risk to wild population


--food that falls to the bottom


-one disease, could spread

Department of fisheries?

A fishing industry to manage and protect the oceans.

Threats to commercial fishing?

-technology


-dagger


-by catch ( catching small fish by accident)