ENVS195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Marine Ecosystem, Reproduction, Exclusive Economic Zone

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Introduction: ocean management challenges, overview of challenges, five management challenges, ocean challenges video, responding to challenges, conclusion. Oceans are integral to sustaining life on this planet. Key components in global cycles and energy flows. But our lack of understanding of oceanic ecosystems hinders sustainable use. Oc ea n ma n a g ement c ha llen g es. Five key areas outlined by the textbook: fisheries, pollution, energy, coastal development, climate change. C ha llen g e 1 : fi s heries. There is no fishery stock that isn"t exploited or crashed. Shifting baselines fish are getting small, much higher fishing m ortality rate so adaption kicks in that fish start reproducing younger and have a smaller life span. Prey switching to serial depletion , predators will target a new species until the stock becomes degraded . same with us (fishers) as the predator, if one fish goes out of stock then we fish down the food chain.

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