SOC 808 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fish Farming, Sustainable Fishery, Precautionary Principle
18 Mar 2019
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Chapter 12: the food system in the fisheries. Fisheries: people consuming fish at greater levels, good for health, bad for environment and sustainability, decline in fishing stocks due to high consumption. To make up the difference, humans have devised aquaculture: 40% of all fish and seafood (fasted growing form of agriculture, two types. Iuu (illegal unreported and unregulated: any fishing the affects the msy. Tac (total allowable catch: divided by species. Individual fishers will give a quota: may not be sustainable, government regulation. Eez (exclusive economic zones: sovereign zone extending 200 miles from the borders (shore, approx. Ssf (small scale fisheries: types of fisheries that emphasize sustainable fishing practices, uses precautionary principle. Lack of evidence on any one thing, should not be a reason to postpone practices: holistic eco-system approach, mandatory use of very selective fishing gear. Intensive + extensive aquaculture: extensive, when you have a fish farm in a lake or ocean.
