Today’s Objective Develop a sustainable fishing strategy for your fishing community.

Fishing for Sustainability! This activity is a model that will help us demonstrate what happens when people share a resource. Your table is a community of fisherman. You all share the Blue Lake resources including the fish. As you fish, think about your community. What are the consequences of your actions? What’s going on with your fellow fisherman? Is each fisherman making enough money to support themselves? How is your fish population doing?

Fishing: The Rules of the Game! Don’t eat your fish… yuck! Your Chopsticks are your fishing pole, no fingers! Once you catch a fish it must be placed in your cup in order to count. No stabbing or crushing the fish, think about sale- ability of your fish once they are caught! Regular fish are worth $1, Rainbow fish are worth $2. You will need to earn at least $2 to survive. Take some time to practice your fishing technique!

Game A: Directions Place 25 regular goldfish and 5 rainbow goldfish in Blue Lake! On the worksheet cross out ‘orange’ and write Regular; cross out ‘yellow’ and write Rainbow For Game A you have no fishing limit. You have 15 seconds for each round, each game has four rounds. If you don’t make at least $2, you are done fishing for that game! You earn $1 for each regular goldfish and $2 for each rainbow fish. Fish that aren’t caught reproduce. It takes two to make 1. So, for every pair of fish that you have at the end of the round, you will get 1 offspring. During any round, you may receive an incident card.

Game A Reflection: Write a paragraph that explains what happened to the people, their money and the environment. How did the fisherman in your community act while fishing? What were the consequences of their actions? What happened to the fish species in the lake? What happened to the fishing community?

Discussion: Tragedy of the Commons What is a tragedy? A great loss What is a commons? The shared resource THINK – PAIR - SHARE Was your game an example of a Tragedy of the Commons? Can you think of other examples of a Tragedy of the Commons?

Vocabulary Word: Sustainable Sustainability is the capacity to support or maintain long term. For a system to be sustainable; it should be Socially ‘fair’ Economically ‘affordable’ Environmentally ‘renewable’ long term

Was your Fishing Community Sustainable during Game A? Why or why not?

GAME D: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons Your group’s goal is to create a sustainable plan to avoid the Tragedy of the Commons. Your goal is to.. Maintain the Environment (the fish and the lake) Maintain a Community where all people are treated fairly Ensure all people have enough money to feed their family. Write down your plan including fishing limits! You will play four rounds using your new fishing limits; keep all other rules the same. Don’t forget to record your data!

GAME D - Reflection Your goal was to create a Sustainable Fishing Community; explain whether or not you were successful. How can you tell if it is a Sustainable Fishing Community? Can it support people and the environment long term? Does it treat all fisherman fairly? Did each person catch enough fish to survive? Is it renewable, are there breeding populations left for both species? Was it difficult to create a sustainable plan? Why or why not?

Turn in for a Class Assignment Grade… Your completed data recording sheet for Game A and B Written answers … 1. Game A Reflection: 2. Your Plan for Sustainability 3. Game B Reflection: