IB ESS HL 4.3.10 Aquaculture Questions

Evaluate environmental, economic and social trade-offs of aquaculture.

Syllabus
First assessment 2026
Course
ESS HL
Level
HL

Exam points

  • define and identify aquaculture, integrated aquaculture, wild fisheries and the main production categories shown in harvest data
  • explain how aquaculture can increase controlled seafood supply and reduce pressure on wild fisheries, while creating risks from habitat loss, disease, waste, chemicals, escapes and resource use
  • analyse and evaluate aquaculture against wild fisheries using named or graphical evidence, balancing food security, efficiency and livelihoods against environmental impacts, sustainability and future demand

IB ESS HL 4.3.10 Aquaculture Questions question 1

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Figure Global trends in the world's marine capture fishery stocks, 1974-2019

Figure Global trends in the world's marine capture fishery stocks, 1974-2019

Evaluate the potential value of aquaculture as a strategy to avoid the levels of unsustainable fishing as seen in 2019 in Figure.

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