Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is the maximum fishery biomass that can be removed yearly and still be sustained by the fishery ecosystem. What do we need to know in order to fish to (or below) the maximum sustainable yield? Current fishing practices Fish stocks Ecosystem health All of the given answers

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A: A survivorship curve is a graph showing the number or proportion of individuals surviving to each…

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A: The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary that is located in the mid-Atlantic region. It is approximately 320…

Q: Which of the following is a disadvantage of aquaculture expansion?

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Q: Explain the following: Fishing regulations, limits, and seasons are among the best solutions to…

A: Fishing laws are intended to improve, conserve and protect fish populations and limit their overuse…

Q: Has KNUST reached its carrying capacity given the total population on campus to be 60000? Total…

A: Population Density It is the man-land ratio. It is the number of individuals per square kilometer.…

Q: The following questions are based on the situations below. Situation 1: A population of trout in a…

A: Situation 1) Q14) Ans-c. Insect population has decreased Q15) Ans-a. Poor climate conditions Q16)…

Q: Which organism is considered a primary consumer?     grass     rabbit     fox

A: Food chain is a serial event representing the transmission of energy from one organisms to other…

Q: Why is the Atlantic cod listed as "Vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but only…

A: The objective of the question is to understand the discrepancy between the classification of the…

Q: List and discuss three policies that could be used to encourage sustainable fishery management.

A: The increasing difficulty of fisheries management has contributed to it becoming a global problem.…

Q: Which of the following impact the carrying capacity of an area? Size of area How fun it is Food…

A: Carrying capacity Every environment has organisms surviving in it. all organism relies on two basic…

Q: Suggest two reasons why the sustainable management of fishery resources is more of a challenge than…

A: Sustainable development is a means of achieving human goals without any pressure on the natural…

Q: The effects of climate change on the sustainbility of the seafood industry now and in the future…

A: Sustainability is the ability to maintain a certain level of activity or a particular state or…

Q: Beavers are powerful ecological engineers. When they dam flowing streams they can create ponds and…

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Q: Which of the following is NOT a reason for the increased global fish consumption?   Group of…

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Q: More effective fishing methods represent a technological solution to the problem of obtaining food…

A: Fishing methods : These are methods to catch fish . In includes techniques hand gathering, spear…

Q: 1. What is meant by the precautionary approach? Why is it especially important for deep fisheries?

A: Answer :  Precautionary approach  Answer :  Anything that has the risk of causing  irriversible harm…

Q: Government subsidies to farmers and fishing fleets can promote unsustainable practices. True False

A: Sustainable agribusiness is defined as utilizing farming works on thinking about the ecological…

Q: In a pond, tadpoles eat algae and fish eat the tadpoles. Around the pond, grasshoppers eat grass…

A: In environment one species is dependent on the other for their need. so there is a chain like…

Q: Which of the following is a producer?   Group of answer choices human poison ivy lion detritivore…

A: All plants capable of utilising carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converting light energy into…

Q: Fixed effort harvesting and fixed quota harvesting are two very different approaches to fishing,…

A: Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is a goal or strategy that aims to regulate the rate of harvesting…

Q: atch the result of various deliberate changes to our ocean system.

A: Environmental problems are having a significant impact on the world's oceans and marine life. The…

Q: What regulations could be put in place to support the management of sustainable fisheries? Discuss…

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Q: A severe winterkill seemingly killed all the trout in a lake. A decision is made to restock the lake…

A: The formula to calculate the number of trout in the lake after a certain number of years is: N = K /…

Q: What if we were able to restore some critical salmon habitat, like the forests surrounding the…

A: MSY  Maximum sustainable yield or MSY is the maximum catch that we can get from the fish of a…

Q: fishing techniques that are too effective are causing low bycatch and reduced hauls. True False

A: Bycatch:  It is a method of catching fishes in a fish industry where wrong fish is caught by mistake…

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A: The tundra is the coldest of all biomes, with an annual average temperature of less than 5°C and…

Q: What are the major advances in fisheries in science and technology

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Q: The introduction of the “serious harm” requirement to the Federal Fisheries Act in 2012 was a…

A: Marine ecosystem conservation and sustainable management of fisheries resources have long been top…

Q: Which of the following is an example of a primary consumer?    Question 7 options:   Muskrat…

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Q: Emerging shortages of water for drinking and irrigation in many parts of the world is one of the…

A: TRUE

Q: The growth of fish populations is the greatest at medium small large very large none of these…

A: Fishes are aquatic animals.