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Fishery

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The occupation, industry, or season of taking fish or other sea animals

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Commercial Extinction

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Where a species’ population is so depleted that it’s no longer profitable to harvest

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Filter Feeders

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Feeding by filtering out plankton or nutrients suspended in the water

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Temperate Rainforest

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A forest in a temperate climate with ample annual rainfall

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BLM

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Bureau of Land Management

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Nature Reserves

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Areas set aside for the purpose of preserving certain species

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Prescribed Burning

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A form of land management in which controlled fire is intentionally applied to plantlife

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Habitat Fragmentation

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The process where a large habitat is transformed into many smaller habitats

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cetaceans

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marine mammals

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MSC

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marine stewardship council; global nonprofit that works to end over fishing

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woodlands

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large amount of land covered with a dense forest

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managed resource protected areas

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the us endangered species act

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an act passed in 1973 which provides a framework for conserving endangered species and their habitats (domestic and abroad)

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biodiversity hotspots

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areas that are extremely rich in biodiversity but are high risk of destruction

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surface fires

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fires that burn on the loose debris of the surface

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community based conservation

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the efforts of the community to protect and conserve the biodiversity of a specific region

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Invasive Aquatic Species

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a non-native species that lives in water and could potentially cause ecological harm

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MSY’s

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(maximum sustainable yield) the largest yield that can be taken from a species’ stock over an indefinite period of time

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forest

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megareserves

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national parks

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GIS

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(Geographic Information System) a computer system that analyzes and displays geographical information

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strip/strand cutting

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reconciliation ecology

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trawler fishing

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a fishing practice that herds and captures the target species, like ground fish or crabs, by towing a net along the ocean floor

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multispecies management

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specifies the development of a particular ecologically balanced assessment and operation in protecting fish and wildlife

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temperate deciduous forests

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are a variety of temperate forest 'dominated' by trees that lose their leaves each year

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strict nature reserves and wilderness areas

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is the highest category of protected area recognised by the World Commission on Protected Areas

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habitat corridors

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is an area of habitat connecting wildlife populations separated by human activities or structures

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NEPA

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is a genus belonging to the family Nepidae, known as water scorpions. There are six species found in freshwater habitats in the Northern Hemisphere.

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ecological extinction

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is the reduction of a species to such low abundance that, although it is still present in the community, it no longer interacts significantly with other species

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Eutrophic

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Being rich nutrients and supporting a large population of plants -- the decomposing of this causes animal life to die through the lack of oxygen

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Biological Extinction

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The absolute disappearance of a species from Earth

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Edward O. Wilson

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A biologist, ecologist, and naturalist known for developing sociobiology

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Tropical Dry Forest

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Forests in tropical regions characterized by long dry seasons

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USFS

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The United States Forest Service is a federal agency that manages a large amount of public national forests and grasslands

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Rangelands

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vast areas of land that support grazing animals

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international whaling commision

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global body charged witht he conservation of whales and the management of whaling

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OSY

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ounces per square yard

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natural calamity

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a natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard

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habitat/species management areas

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an area managed mainly for the conservation through management intercention designed to ensure the mintenance of habitats and to meet the requirements of specific species

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1964 wildnerness act

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preserve and protect certain lands in their natural condition and thus secure or present and future generations the beneits of wilderness

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crown fires

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a forest fire that spreads from treetop to treetop

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local extinction

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a species that ceasese to exist in a chosen geographical area of study, but still exsist else where

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fishprint

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the area of ocean needed to sustain the fish consumption of an average person, a nation, or the world

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long lining fishing

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using a long line behind a boat to catch fish

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sustainable aquaculture

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an aquaculture practice that accounts for environmental sustainability

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tropical rainforest

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rainforests that occur in areas with little to no dry seasons

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protected landscapes and seascapes

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an area of land/sea that is meant to be conserved for environmental sustainability

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buffer zone concept

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designated areas used to protect sensitive landscape patches

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EIS

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Environmental impact statement - a document required by the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act that highlights environmental impacts of projects

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habitat loss

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the process where a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species