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A study guide for the midterm exam of a university-level fisheries science course. It includes terms to know, study questions, and brief biographies of key figures in fisheries and conservation. Topics covered include fish population dynamics, fishery management, legislation, and research methods.
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Fish 323 Midterm 1 study guide Terms to know Allocation BMSY Broadcast spawner By-catch Carrying Capacity Conservation CPUE Data ink Discarding Exponential growth Fishing down food chains FMSY Governance Grazer Great Fishing Experiment Growth overfishing Ideal free distribution Intrinsic rate of increase ITQ IUCN Limit reference points Limited entry Logistic growth Match mismatch theory Maximum sustainable yield Outlier Overfished stock Overfishing Preservation Primary Production Recruitment overfishing Red List Reference Points Scatter plot Sequential depletion Size Limit Stunted stock Subsidies Surplus production Sustainable yield TAC Target reference points Trophic level Yield-per-recruit People Bob Johannes George Perkins Marsh Thomas Ewbank Henry David Thoreau John Muir Theodore Roosevelt George Bird Grinell Gifford Pinchot Rachel Carson Paul Ehrlich Thomas Malthus W E Ricker Thomas Huxley Sir Ray Lankester Johan Hjort James Wilson W. F. Thompson Martin David Burkenroad Michael Graham
Study questions Describe some types of non-data ink in a graph List the major pieces of US legislation affecting conservation in the 1970s. What are the three key elements of a fishery What are the elements of a fishery management system Describe how the physical environment affects the productivity of a fish stock. Describe 5 elements of a Monitoring Compliance and Surveillance system What is the trend in capture fisheries harvests worldwide in the last 20 years What proportion of worlds fisheries are estimated by FAO to be overfished How much potential sustainable yield is being lost in the US by overfishing What are the major elements of a fisheries management system? What happens to the population size of a fish stock when it starts to be fished? What is the importance of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Management and Conservation Act? When did fishing begin on the Grand Banks What event led to the large decline in stock abundance for Northern Cod What led Canada to have jurisdiction over the Northern cod resource. Describe the different information coming from research vessel (RV) surveys and trawl CPUE in the 1980s? Discuss the importance of the conflict between CPUE and research vessel surveys in the 1980s leading to the collapse of the northern cod What happened to economic value of fish and shellfish products in Newfoundland after the collapse of the cod fishery? Discuss how fisheries agencies determine if a stock is overfished. Distinguish between logistic growth and exponential growth.