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    World Wide Fund (WWF)‚ every year about 308000 whales‚ dolphins and porpoises die because of fishing gear like nets (2003). Other than the deliberate killing annually‚ these numbers of marine mammals die because of becoming entangled in nets and at times‚ drowning because of them. This is called ‘bycatch’; when an animal is accidentally caught as some other animal is trying to be caught.’ Bycatch’ is just one of the ways that humans and their fishing methods are endangering marine species. The reason

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    tuna‚ cod and other large predatory fish swim in the ocean. around the world. The loss of fish continues. Overfishing occurs when fish and other marine species are caught at a faster rate then they can reproduce. There is a high demand for fish. The commercial fishing industries use grill nets‚ purse seines and drift nets to catch their fish. However; this still leaves over 27 million tons of fish that are wasted thru these methods. Another factor is that other habitats which are crucial

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    it is important to recognise that shark culling is currently taking place today along the east coast of Australia. This spring marks 75 years since the New South Wales Government first began funding shark nets along Australian beaches. In Queensland‚ a shark control program (including nets) began in 1962. But

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    Ecosystem effects of fishing in the Mediterranean: An analysis of the major threats of fishing gear and practices to biodiversity and marine habitats by Sergi Tudela‚ Ph. D. for FAO Fisheries Department (EP/INT/759/GEF) Vialle delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 - Rome‚ Italy November 2000 CONTENTS Contents Foreword 1. The impact of fishing on vulnerable groups and habitats 1.1. The impact of fishing on chondrichthyans 1.2. The impact of fishing on seabirds 1.3. The impact of fishing

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    spread out his net over the grains When he had done this‚ he hid himself behind the tree. Just then‚ the king of doves with his courtiers was flying around in search of food. He saw the grains of rice and said to his followers‚ "How strange! Grains of rice in an uninhabited forest? Let’s see what this is all about. I smell a rat!" But being greedy‚ the doves didn’t listen to their king and flew down to pick up the grains of rice. Whoops! In a trice‚ they were all caught in the net. A terrific

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    Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch. It is abundant‚ well-managed‚ and caught or farmed in ocean-friendly ways. 2. Arctic Char (farmed) This species is considered a Best Choice by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch. It is abundant‚ well-managed‚ and caught or farmed in ocean-friendly ways. 3. Halibut‚ Pacific (US) This species is considered a Best Choice by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch. It is abundant‚ well-managed‚ and caught or farmed in ocean-friendly ways. BAD 1. Crayfish/Crawfish (China

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    On August 26‚ 2017 I caught my personal best bass at the Victoria Rod and Gun Club. It was the best feeling I had in along. This is why I like bass fishing and how I caught my PB bass and I am going talk about what events I want to be in. For people that don’t know what bass fishing is it is fishing mostly for Largemouth bass‚ the most popular game fish in North America. They are pretty much everywhere‚ and you can find them in rivers‚ lakes‚ streams‚ or ponds. The best place to catch bass are

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    Maius X 98 BCE Today brought a hard and trying battle. I fought a strong but predictable secutor‚ or “chaser”. Being a retiarius or “net-man” I was equipped with a rete‚ a weighted net hemp net; a pugio‚ a dagger; and a fuscina or tridens‚ a three pronged spear. I also have a piece of armour called a galerus that protected my head and neck but did not limit my head movements. The secutor I challenged was armed with a long shield and shortsword. He wore a helmet with a visor‚ but I could see his bloodthirsty

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    can base this quota on scientific estimates of which fish are the most severely depleted‚ and adjustments can be made to the quotas according to reassessments done every few years as we monitor the repletion of the fish populations. • Larger nets must also be used. As the big fish population has declined‚ mesh size has gotten smaller. We must increase this back to the original mesh size used perhaps 40 years ago‚ to allow the

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    fish catching techniques. In the Mead Gardens‚ to catch fishes‚ we used two separate types of fish traps. Furthermore‚ in the Florida Keys‚ we caught fish with a gill net. We also observed and identified the fish differently in both places. In the Keys‚ we went snorkeling and identified fishes from memory and pictures‚ but in the Mead Gardens‚ after we caught them‚ we put them in a jar and identified the species. Throughout

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