Exam 9: Oceans and Fisheries

Canada's Oceans Strategy was one of the main requirements of ________.

Salmon farming along the coast of British Columbia has led to ________.

The Big Old Fat Fecund Female Fish (BOFFFF) hypothesis suggests that ________.

The amount of toxic pollutants being discharged from Canada's pulp and paper mills has decreased in recent years.

What is the BOFFF hypothesis and what does it mean for fisheries management?

Aquaculture accounts for nearly half the fish produced worldwide.

Policy-makers have concentrated on promoting industrial fisheries under the mistaken belief that they catch the vast majority of fish.

Much of the ocean's surface lacks nutrients and is the marine equivalent to a desert.

What are the main sources of marine pollution?

What are the key challenges that need to be overcome to implement marine protected areas (MPAs), particularly in the context of conserving reefs?

One of the major difficulties working against sustainable human use of the oceans is _______.

When scientists have no option but to use data based on the current degraded state of an ecosystem rather than historical ecological abundance, they are facing the problem of ________.

National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs) were established to ________.

Marine areas border approximately ________ of the oceans or Great Lakes under the National Parks Act and have the potential to exert strong protective powers.

In bottom trawling, the ratio of shrimp to other organisms caught is 10 per cent.

Canada has a good record with regard to management of ocean resources.

One of the major difficulties working against sustainable human use of the oceans is a lack of understanding of oceanic ecosystems

Oceanic productivity typically ________ with depth.

When Canadian cod stocks collapsed, fishers began "fishing down the food chain" by ________.

By 2100, nearly ________ of the world's population will live within 100 km of coasts.