1. Fishing

2. 1. What is a fishery?
Commercial fishing operations – people and companies who fish for a living

3. 2. Where are the three major fisheries located in Canada?

4. Canadian Fisheries Pacific Fishery West Coast Fresh Water Fishery
L. Winnipeg & Great Lakes
Atlantic Fishery
East Coast

5. 3. Which fishery is the largest by size of catch in tonnes in Canada?
Atlantic is the largest by weight.
Atlantic: = 3.7
Pacific:
The Atlantic fishery catches nearly 4 times as much fish (by weight) than the Pacific OR
Pacific: = = 27%
Atlantic:
The Pacific fishery is only 27% the size of the Atlantic fishery by amount of fish caught

6. Atlantic: = 20
Fresh water:
The Atlantic fishery catches 20 times as much fish (by weight) than the Fresh water fishery OR
Fresh water: = = 4.9%
Atlantic:
The Fresh water fishery is only 5% the size of the Atlantic fishery by amount of fish caught

7. 4. Which fishery is the largest by money earned?
The Atlantic Fishery makes the most money
Atlantic: $1,589,596,000 = 5
Pacific: $315,793,000
The Atlantic Fishery makes 5 times more money than the Pacific Fishery
Atlantic: $1,589,596,000 = 19.2
Fresh Water: $82,505,000
The Atlantic Fishery makes over 19 times more money than the Fresh Water Fishery

8. 5. List three reasons why the cod population has dropped.
Possibly due to:
Overfishing
Global warming
Technology – eco-sounders and larger nets

9. 6. Why are processing operations located in rural areas?
Processing operations need to be located close to the source = close to the coast so fish can be packaged/frozen quickly so they don’t spoil

10. 7. What is aquaculture? List examples of product.
It is fish farming. Fish are grown in ponds that are netted off and protected from predators.
Examples: trout, salmon, oysters, mussels, clams

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