Sustainable Fisheries and The Impact on Marine Life Essay

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Directions

• The purpose of this assignment is to get us thinking about sustainable fisheries.
• We will watch three 1-minute videos and then respond to prompts with a short essay.
• You will upload your essay as online text (e.g. copy and paste, or type it in the box).
• Please click the “Submit Assignment” button to get started with writing the essay after you’ve watched the video.

Topic

• First, watch these videos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch website, with closed captions and transcript provided.
  • How Seafood is Farmed: Ponds (Links to an external site.)
  • How Seafood is Caught: Bottom Trawling (Links to an external site.)
  • How Seafood is Caught: Longlining (Links to an external site.)
• Then, consider the following two prompts, using the information you learned from videos.

Questions to Consider

1. Compare and contrast ponds, bottom trawling, and longlining.
2. Of the three, which do you think is the most destructive to the environment and why?

Grading

• 10 points total
• Write to two specific topics, outlined above
• 200 minimum words total
• Complete sentences
• Proper spelling and grammar