The document discusses several issues with overfishing, including depleting fish populations, discarding unwanted catch, and bottom trawling damaging seafloor habitats. It provides examples of overfishing causing the cod population collapse in Canada in 1992, which resulted in economic crisis and job losses. Additionally, it discusses threats from shark finning and issues with aquaculture. Solutions proposed include creating no-take zones to help species regenerate and moving to more sustainable aquaculture practices.

1. OVERFISHING (Bad life choice…) Eltimir Alexandrov Dimitar Stoilov Toma Lenkov 10/6

2. What IS overfishing??? Fishing at a high rate Population goes WAY DOWN For how long can we afford it? [1]

3. “ Fishing down the food chain” Valuable fish gone Onto the next!!! BYCATCH – unwanted creature in the net DISCARDS – thrown back into water How can they continue??? [2]

5. Bottom trawling Most common way of fishing Huge net dragged along seafloor Attracted by disturbance and mud [5]

6. EXAMPLE: Cod fish in Canada Migration period – fish close to shore 1992 – no more cod fish Economic crisis 40 000 without jobs Situation not improved yet [3]

7. Ameliorating the world… No-take zones - reserves Helping species regenerate More food on our tables => TWO THUMBS UP! [6]

8. Aquaculture (Word joke much?) Aquaculture – farming fish! Can have bad effects Example – salmon Need other fish to feed on Produce waste Disease [7]

9. NOW… ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL AND SAVAGE WAYS HUMANITY HAS USED TO HUNT A SPECIES…

10. SHARK FINING Global shark population decreasing Interest in their fins Decoration or “fin soup” 100 million sharks killed per year [4]

11. Works Cited “ Bottom Trawling.” Wikipedia . Wikipedia Foundation, Inc., 29 May 2010. Web. 6 June 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/‌wiki/‌Bottom_trawling#How_trawls_work>. [5] “ Cod.” Wikipedia . Wikipedia Foundation, Inc., 28 May 2010. Web. 6 June 2010. [3] “ Environmental Impact of Aquaculture.” Providence . N.p., n.d. Web. 6 June 2010. <http://www.providence.edu/‌polisci/‌students/‌aquaculture/‌environmentalimpact.html>. [7] “ European Legislators Ban Brutal Shark ‘Finning’ .” Softpedia . SoftNews NET SRL, 27 Apr. 2009. Web. 6 June 2010. <http://news.softpedia.com/‌news/‌European-Legislators-Ban-Brutal-Shark-039-Finning-039-110211.shtml>. [4] Koster, Pepjin. “What is Overfishing?” Overfishing- A Global Disaster . N.p., 2000. Web. 6 June 2010. <http://overfishing.org/‌pages/‌what_is_overfishing.php>. [1] - - -. “Why is Overfishing a Problem?” Overfishing- A global Problem . N.p., 2007. Web. 6 June 2010. <http://overfishing.org/‌pages/‌why_is_overfishing_a_problem.php>. [2] “ Marine no-take zone rapidly benefits endangered penguin.” Biology letters . The Royal Society, 10 Feb. 2010. Web. 6 June 2010. <http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/‌content/‌early/‌2010/‌02/‌04/‌rsbl.2009.0913.abstract>. [6]

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