7.5.1 Sustainable Fisheries

• What is one key aspect of sustainable fisheries in maintaining fish populations?

  Ensuring reproduction
• Match the key aspect of sustainable fisheries with its definition:

  Maintaining fish populations ↔️ Ensuring fish can reproduce and replenish

  Avoiding depletion ↔️ Preventing overfishing and extinction

  Minimizing environmental impact ↔️ Reducing damage to marine habitats
• What are the long-term benefits provided by sustainable fisheries to coastal communities?

  Food security
• Sustainable fisheries support food security and the overall well-being of coastal communities
• Match the key aspect of sustainable fisheries with its description:

  Maintaining fish populations ↔️ Ensuring reproduction and replenishment

  Avoiding depletion ↔️ Preventing overfishing and extinction

  Minimizing environmental impact ↔️ Reducing damage to marine ecosystems
• Sustainable fisheries use quotas and closed seasons for effective management
• Sustainable fisheries use catch quotas to prevent overfishing.


  True
• What are three economic and social benefits of sustainable fisheries?

  Livelihoods, food security, well-being
• Match the aspect with the correct type of fishery:

  Fish Population ↔️ Declining in unsustainable fisheries

  Environmental Impact ↔️ Minimal damage in sustainable fisheries

  Long-term Availability ↔️ Ensured by sustainable fisheries

  Economic & Social Impact ↔️ Supports livelihoods in sustainable fisheries
• Bycatch refers to the unintended capture of non-target species
• Coastal development can destroy marine habitats.


  True
• Closed seasons are implemented during critical spawning periods
• What is the role of marine protected areas in fisheries management?

  Allow ecosystems to recover
• Maintaining fish populations is a key aspect of sustainable fisheries.


  True
• Match the aspect with the correct type of fishery:

  Fish Population ↔️ Declining in unsustainable fisheries

  Environmental Impact ↔️ Minimal damage in sustainable fisheries

  Long-term Availability ↔️ Ensured by sustainable fisheries

  Management Practices ↔️ Often lack effective regulations in unsustainable fisheries
• Sustainable fisheries use practices like catch quotas and closed seasons to maintain fish populations
• Sustainable fisheries maintain fish populations that are stable or growing
• What is overfishing, and why does it threaten fish populations?

  Catching fish faster than reproduction
• Habitat destruction from pollution and bottom trawling can harm fish populations.


  True
• Overfishing occurs when fish are caught at a rate faster than they can reproduce
• What is a catch quota, and how does it help manage fisheries sustainably?

  Limits fish caught per vessel
• Gear restrictions aim to minimize bycatch and habitat damage.


  True
• Gear restrictions reduce bycatch and minimize habitat damage
• What are bycatch reduction devices, and why are they important for sustainable fisheries?

  Minimize unintended species capture
• Order the steps in implementing sustainable fishing practices:

  1️⃣ Set catch quotas

  2️⃣ Establish closed seasons

  3️⃣ Apply gear restrictions

  4️⃣ Designate marine protected areas
• Sustainable fisheries are fisheries that manage their activities to maintain fish populations over the long term without depleting them or causing significant harm to the environment
• Unsustainable fisheries cause significant harm to marine ecosystems.


  True
• The importance of sustainable fisheries lies in their ability to maintain fish populations
• Catch quotas are used in sustainable fisheries to prevent overfishing.


  True
• What is the primary goal of avoiding depletion in sustainable fisheries?

  Prevent overfishing
• Sustainable fisheries result in stable or growing fish populations.


  True
• What is the main purpose of sustainable fisheries?

  Maintain fish populations
• Sustainable fisheries aim to minimize damage to marine habitats
• Steps to maintain fish populations in sustainable fisheries

  1️⃣ Implement catch quotas

  2️⃣ Establish closed seasons
• What is a major threat to fish populations caused by human activities?

  Overfishing
• What is the purpose of catch quotas in fisheries management?

  Prevent overfishing
• Gear restrictions can minimize bycatch in fisheries.


  True
• Sustainable fisheries maintain fish populations over the long term
• How do sustainable fisheries minimize environmental impact?

  Reduce habitat damage
• What are three benefits of sustainable fisheries?

  Maintain fish populations, minimize environmental impact, provide long-term economic and social benefits