OCEANS ON THE EDGE 7 Sustainable marine management Key words: local-scale Starter: Why do North Sea cod fisheries need to be managed? Learning Objective: To be able to identify and outline two local case studies of marine management.

North Sea Fishing Watch this clip – look out for why North Sea fisheries are under threat and need managing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/why-have-fish-stocks-decreased-in-the-north-sea-pt-1-2/4687.html

North Sea Fisheries For many years the North Sea was polluted, but governments now make industries filter out pollutants and treat sewage. Overfishing has happened in the North Sea. Three reasons for this are; New bigger and faster boats can catch more fish. Bigger nets also mean bigger catches. The use of technology like sonar to track the movement of fish.

Managing the North Sea Fisheries The EU sets quotas every year, but this creates big problems with discards as fishermen aim to catch their whole quota. Some scientists argue that we need no-take zones, but then you would have to compensate the fishermen. This would be very expensive!

Managing North Sea Fisheries Using page 119 of the green book, produce a spider diagram to show what would need to be in a whole ecosystem approach to managing the North Sea Ensure nets wont catch undersized fish Managing North Sea Fisheries Limit days/hours of boat operation

St Lucia Coral Reefs

Managing Coral Reefs in St Lucia Read page 117 of the green book and answer these questions Which people were involved in developing the SMMA? Why do you think it is important to involve all these people? What different zones did the SMMA set up, and why do you think they are useful? What problems and successes has the SMMA had?

And finally ... Write down 5 key words from today's lesson