GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Grand Banks Of Newfoundland, Commercial Fishing, Coastal Management
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Making an increased incidence of disease amount farmed fish due to dense concentrations, therefore costly for fish farmers. The spread of diseases to native stocks when farmed fish escape. Farmed species can outcompete native species for food and habitat. Often results in pressure on native fish stocks due to over-producing of invasive fish, (can be) significant producers of waste. Alters shorelines and leaves them less protected. Coastlines are natural barrier to wind, water and waves and when they are removed the shoreline becomes more vulnerable to the elements. Farmed fish are used to feed farmed fish, fish meal : atlantic ocean has a 40 000 km coastline and a large, submerged continental shelf (dominant feature of coastline). 2015: the landed value for canada"s atlantic commercial fisheries was . 8 billion historical significance. Atlantic canada"s fishing industry, regional catch statistics 2016 had largest total catch in. Atlantic canada, so very important to national economy.
