Also known as "beautiful swimmer‚" the blue crab is one of the more resilient of Chesapeake species‚ but its fate depends on many factors. With the drastic decline of the Bay’s oysters‚ watermen began extending their crabbing efforts much later into the fall‚ the time they would normally have shifted to oystering. A decade later‚ the blue crab population has been cut in half! Many locals have made a career out of harvesting its seafood‚ and the annual harvest and many of its other attractions bring
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1.0 Background of the Study In New South Wales‚ the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is responsible for execution of the Fisheries Management Act 1994. As such‚ DPI functions to maintain and protect aquatic habitats through sound and effective habitat management. The agency recognizes that sustaining an abundant marine life is challenge especially when there are natural and man-made threats to aquatic habitats and fauna communities. DPI identifies three of the leading threats to fish habitats
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Whether you are an avid fisherman or an enthusiastic angler‚ you will always want to have that perfect ferrule for your fishing rod. A sleeve-over or a tip-over-butt ferrule is by far the most common fishing rod ferrules used by many anglers. With the advent of the advanced technology‚ there are many choices of modern fishing rod ferrules now. Here are some choices. Surf Explorer is one of those few companies that offer a variety of fishing equipments for novice and experienced. Frequent travelers
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The main idea in the Watson and Kerstetter (2006) article is to describe the history of longline fishing and the different tools they used to implement this method. They provide possible solutions to the bycatch problem and what bycatch is. They discuss the differences in hooks as they can affect the target species as well as the bycatch species. They supply a definition of bycatch which is understandable and easy to relate to the paper I am writing. In the solutions section‚ they discuss the hooks
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Fresh Water Fishing vs. Salt Water Fishing Fishing dates back to nearly forty thousand years ago as one of the earliest forms of finding food. Ancient people used hand gathering‚ spearing‚ netting‚ angling and trapping as techniques to catch fish. Humans all around the world continue to rely on fishing as their main source of food. Because of the vast availability of fish‚ fishing is readily available to anyone near a body of water. Most people can easily reach water because it makes up seventy-one
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In the article‚ Why are Starfish ‘Melting’‚ by Jane J. Lee‚ they explain that millions of starfish‚ for the past year and a half‚ have had a lethal virus which has turned them to white goo. The virus is a kind of parvovirus‚ which is “the group of viruses that cause gastroinintestical problems in unvaccintated dogs.” Although this virus is killing many starfish there isn’t very much that researchers can to to try to stop it. A marine ecolologist at Cornell University of Washington in Seattle
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Preventing Genocide By: All through history‚ people have killed other people. Usually‚ this is just because of hatred of that one person. Unfortunately‚ sometimes people can have a deep-rooted hatred of an entire group of people. This hatred of people leads to genocide. Everybody knows about genocide‚ few know how to define it‚ and even fewer know what to do about it. Everyone also knows about at least one genocide: the Holocaust. However two other not-so-widely-known genocides were the Armenian
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AIDS Essay Today many people around the world are infected with a serious disease called AIDS. Unfortunately‚ the disease has led to many deaths worldwide and yet it still remains untreatable. Many Public Health Departments are now taking the lead in publicizing education about AIDS. Public awareness and prevention programs are possible solutions to the spread of AIDS. The issue of this paper is on AIDS Prevention Programs that target women. One outlook is that prevention programs that target women
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In this article‚ the author asserts that spreading the zebra mussel in North America is a threat since this invasion cannot be stopped‚ and provides three reasons of support. However‚ the professor explains that there are some ways to stop the spreading of this fish because our knowledge is increased and it is not limited. He also contrasts with the author’s reasons by proving the additional convincing information. First‚ the author points out that the invasion of the zebra mussles might be unstoppable
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