Fishing Geography of Canada Fellowes High School Fishing

Fishing Geography of Canada Fellowes High School

Fishing 1. 2. 3. 4. Fishing in Canada Types and Locations of Fish in Canada Methods of Fishing in Canada The Collapse of Canada’s Fisheries

Types and Locations of Fish Category Groundfish Pelagic Fish Shellfish Description Examples Fish that feed and are Cod, Pollock, haddock, caught near the ocean halibut, redfish floor. Fish that feed and are caught near the surface. Mollusks and crustaceans. Salmon, herring, mackerel, tuna Shrimp, lobster, oyster, scallop, mussels

Fishing in Canada Maps • location of fish types (Pacific: West coast) – shell fish – ground fish – salmon • location of fish types (Atlantic: East Coast) – shell fish – ground fish – lobster

Atlantic Canada Fisheries Map

Pacific Canada Fisheries Map

Methods of Fishing in Canada In Shore Off Shore small boats with limited gear, selfemployed 85% of fishers but just 10% of fish day trips only, no trips during bad weather low income lobster, shrimp, clam, cod, and haddock large ships with variety of gear, company owned 15% of fishers but 90% of fish out for two weeks or more at a time, in any weather reasonable income harvest cod, sole, halibut, redfish, flounder

Methods of Fishing in Canada Type of Net Description Purse Seining circling a school of fish with a net Gill Netting passing fish get caught in net Otter Trawling bag-shaped net dragged along the ocean floor Diagram

Why Canada’s Fisheries Collapsed Reason Overfishing Improved Fishing Technology/ Destructive Techniques Uncontrolled Foreign Fishing Environmental Changes Description