SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sustainable Fishery, Exclusive Economic Zone, Precautionary Principle

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Jacqui Gingras

Document Summary

Decline in fishing stocks due to high consumption. To make up the difference, humans have devised aquaculture. 40% of all fish and seafood (fasted growing form of agriculture) To determine the size of the catch of a particular species in any given year that will not impair the ability to regenerate to the same level of the following year. Maximum number of fish you can catch without impairing the ability of that species to regenerate to the same level of the following year. Sovereign zone extending 200 miles from the borders (shore) Types of fisheries that emphasize sustainable fishing practices. Lack of evidence on any one thing, should not be a reason to postpone practices. When you have a fish farm in a lake or ocean. Building a fish farm that"s not connected to water ways. As the larger fish are depleted, you go to the next smaller. Until you fish down the marine food web.