Fishing

Question 1

What is fishing

Answer 1

Activity of catching aquatic animals, aprox 75% of the total world catch is for human consumption.

Question 2

Different types of fishing

Answer 2

Coastal fishing
Inshore fishing
Offshore fishing

Question 3

Coastal Fishing

Answer 3

Practised near the coast in small boats using traditional methods like harpoons and small nets. Catch is used for self consumptionor sale at local markets

Question 4

Inshore fishing

Answer 4

Carried out near the coast in small or medium sized boats. Fishing tackle depends on which fish is caught. Boats use refrigeraters to presurve the catch.

Question 5

Offshore or commercial fishing

Answer 5

Takes place at sea on large factory ships, modern instruments are used to detect schools of fish many ships have facilities to cut clean and package and freeze the catch so they can stay at sea for weeks.

Question 6

Where are fish caught?

Answer 6

Fish are caught in fishing grounds areas where fish naturaly concentrate. Best are along contenental shelves. Access is controled by the international maritime law. Coastal areas have special permission to fish up to 370 km from their coasts (The exclusive rights zone) Governments must make arangements to access other countries EEZ

Question 7

Fishing production

Answer 7

57% ASIA
18% EUROPE
14% SOUTH AMERICA
6% NORTH AMERICA
4% AFRICA
1% OCEANIA

Question 8

Places with the highest fish production

Answer 8

CHINA
PERU
UNITED STATES
INDONESIA
JAPAN
CHILE
RUSSIA
THAILAND
NORWAY

Question 9

Aquaculture´s advantages

Answer 9

Increases the supply of fish and seafood and prevents the extinction of species, fish production is cheaper, takes places in fresh and saltwater, allows abundant and varied productionand is less restictive than commercial fishing.

Question 10

What is aquaculture

Answer 10

Fish farms and other techniques that are used to breed and raise aquatic organisms such as algea, fish and crustaceans

Question 11

Fishing

Answer 11

The sea provides many natural reasorces, food minerals and energy 71% of the Earth is covered in water, the ocean plays an important role in our lives. “Blue economy”

Question 12

Fishing methods

Answer 12

Trawling
Seine fishing
Trap nets
Longlines

Question 13

Trawling

Answer 13

Boats drag a cone-shaped net along the bottom of the sea. Damages biodiversity, imposible to be selective. Regulated not banned.

Question 14

Seine fishing

Answer 14

Fishing vessels detect banks of fish with a radar. They surround them with a circular net trapping the fish inside (commonly horse mackerel and sardines)

Question 15

Trap nets

Answer 15

Mazes made of netting are installed close to the coast in places where tuna often pass through as they migrate.

Question 16

Loglines

Answer 16

Technique most commonly used for deep-sea fishing. Long line containing hooks is used to catch hake, cod, tuna and shark.

Question 17

Other illegal and harmful methods

Answer 17

Use of tangle nets, three nets with holes of different sizes which catch fish by their teeth or gils. Drift nets.