Fish

• How will having access to high speed broadband be of benefit :

  Online meetings can help using modern telecommunications such as zoom,Google meet etc. high-speed broadband means no lag (delay) time. With high-speed broadband businesses can transfer large files and documents quicker. This enables faster collaboration between workers/team members. It also enhances customer experiences as faster Internet allows quicker response to customer inquiries. With a high-speed broadband business can do marketing campaigns and access a larger market.
• Microscopic organisms that eat fish - Zooplankton
• How globalisation has contributed to increase in ships entering irish ports.

  • We are all connected and globalisation makes the world feel smaller. We can trade all over the world using container ships,which import cheaper goods.
  • Any type of food can be transported on these vessels and imported to Irish ports E.g. wine from France.
  • cash crops from Africa such as rice which cannot be grown in our climate so it’s imported.
• • textiles and apparels are imported to Ireland from China.Textiles are imported because in terms of textiles Ireland doesn’t have access to a wide selection of fabrics.
• Modern fishing boat - fishing trawler
• Method of modern fishing trawler to locate fish - Sonar and Radar
• fishing method used to catch pelagic fish - Drift netting
• Reason for the decline in fish stocks in Irish waters :

  increase customer demand, to satisfy the demand, trawlers ofte, exceed their EU quotas under the common fisheries policy. Many types of fish are endanger because of overfishing such as cod.
• Reasons for overfishing -

  • To satisfy consumer demand of for certain fish species/ market demands.
  • They are overfishing to export these fish to countries that there is a restriction on fishing, so that they can make profit.
• Trapping in fishing involves using nets,to capture fish. The nets are dropped to the bottom of the body of water to attract fish. Once they are trapped they can’t escape and they are pulled to the surface.
• Navigation of communication equipment is a safety feature on a modern trailer. They have Maritime distress systems in case of emergency is used to communicate with the Coast Guard in times of distress. They also have navigation equipment like GPS’. A GPS can provide the precise coordinates of where a modern trawler is located.
• Sustainable Exploitation of Fish Stocks

  • Reducing the amount of fish (fishing quotas) that are allowed to bencaught; these are set by the government and the European Union ).

  •Surveying fish stocks to record if they get too low; in some cases, then catching of certain fish can be stopped completely if stocks are too low.

  • Reducing fishing fleets (number of super-trawlers) in our seas.
• Trawling


  A method of commercial fishing where a large net is dragged through the sea floor to catch fish, crabs, and lobsters.
• Longlining


  A commercial fishing method involving setting a long line with hundreds of hooks to catch tuna, swordfish, and other species.
• Why is overfishing occurring

  • Improved technology: Super-trawlers have the capability to better locate fish. They use echo sounders and sonar equipment to locate 


  shoals (large groups of fish).

  • Netting: Monofilament nets are hard for fish to see. They can stretch for more than 40 km and hang like massive curtains in the

  water. Trawl nets scoop fish from the bottom of the sea floor.