Course review
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• Phytoplankton: microscopic photosynthetic plankton • Macrophytes: visible aquatic plants
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• Organisms from freshwater and marine environments
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• Human population growth, dietary preference changes
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• Bottom trawling, ghost fishing, poisons, explosives
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• Dramatic, lasting stock decrease • Example: Newfoundland cod
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• Highest annual catch sustainable over time • Used to set fishing quotas
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• Ocean acidification • May cause population collapse in aquatic ecosystems • Example: coral bleaching
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• Policy legislation for fishing industry • Consumer behaviour changes • Permits, quotas, seasons, mesh size, zones, labelling
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• Support food chains, maintain sustainable yields • Provide shelter and spawning grounds
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• Farming of aquatic organisms • Expanding for food supply and economic development • Impacts: habitat loss, pollution, disease spread, escapees
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