Fishing 1 What is a fishery Commercial fishing

1. What is a fishery? • Commercial fishing operations – people and companies who

2. Where are three major fisheries located in Canada?

Canadian Fisheries Pacific Fishery West Coast Fresh Water Fishery L. Winnipeg & Great Lakes

3. Which fishery is the largest by size of catch in tonnes in Canada?

• Atlantic: 813 818 = 20 • Fresh water: 40 566 The Atlantic

4. Which fishery is the largest by money earned? • The Atlantic Fishery makes

5. List three reasons why the cod population has dropped. Possibly due to: •

6. Why are processing operations located in rural areas? • Processing operations need to

7. What is aquaculture? List examples of product. • It is fish farming. Fish

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Fishing

1. What is a fishery? • Commercial fishing operations – people and companies who fish for a living

2. Where are three major fisheries located in Canada?

Canadian Fisheries Pacific Fishery West Coast Fresh Water Fishery L. Winnipeg & Great Lakes Atlantic Fishery East Coast

3. Which fishery is the largest by size of catch in tonnes in Canada? Atlantic is the largest by weight. • Atlantic: 813 818 = 3. 7 • Pacific: 218 708 The Atlantic fishery catches nearly 4 times as much fish (by weight) than the Pacific OR • Pacific: 218 708 = 0. 2687 = 27% • Atlantic: 813 818 The Pacific fishery is only 27% the size of the Atlantic fishery by amount of fish caught

• Atlantic: 813 818 = 20 • Fresh water: 40 566 The Atlantic fishery catches 20 times as much fish (by weight) than the Fresh water fishery OR • Fresh water: 40 566 = 0. 0498 = 4. 9% • Atlantic: 813 818 The Fresh water fishery is only 5% the size of the Atlantic fishery by amount of fish caught

4. Which fishery is the largest by money earned? • The Atlantic Fishery makes the most money Atlantic: $1, 589, 596, 000 = 5 Pacific: $315, 793, 000 The Atlantic Fishery makes 5 times more money than the Pacific Fishery Atlantic: $1, 589, 596, 000 = 19. 2 Fresh Water: $82, 505, 000 The Atlantic Fishery makes over 19 times more money than the Fresh Water Fishery

5. List three reasons why the cod population has dropped. Possibly due to: • Overfishing • Global warming • Technology – eco-sounders and larger nets

6. Why are processing operations located in rural areas? • Processing operations need to be located close to the source = close to the coast so fish can be packaged/frozen quickly so they don’t spoil

7. What is aquaculture? List examples of product. • It is fish farming. Fish are grown in ponds that are netted off and protected from predators. • Examples: trout, salmon, oysters, mussels, clams

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