Outline for
How Fishermen Catch Fish from Ocean Adventure!
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I. Introduction - who I am and why we are here II. Some of the really neat fish harvested in Maine A. Importance of commercial fishing in Maine B. Fishing (& farming & forestry) provide more jobs than you think III. The gear you use depends on where the fish live A. Dragging for scallops, urchins and other bottom dwellers B. Purse seine for mackeral and herring C. Gillnetting for groundfish D. Otter trawling for groundfish and shrimp E. Hand harvesting for clams, worms, scallops and urchins F. Trapping for lobster, crab and shrimp A. - F. Most of these have a hands-on activity on how the gear works, fish behavior around the gear, how non-target species are avoided and discussion on environmental impacts.
Follow-up materials provided: Gulf of Maine book and poster, fishing gear identification activity
Maine Learning Results Standards covered for Science & Technology: Grades K-2/ J. 4; L. 3; M. 3 Grades 3-4/ L. 2,6 Grades 5-8/ M. 7 Maine Learning Results Standards covered for Career Preparation: Grades K-2/ A. 3,4; C. 1 Grades 3-4/ A. 3;,4; C. 3 Grades 5-8/ A. 3,4; C.2; D.1 |
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drag - a heavy, metal frame with a twine bag attached that is towed directly on the sea bed seine - a very long net used to encircle a school of fish near the surface gillnet - a long net set like a fence on the bottom so that fish swim into it and become entangled longline - a very long piece of rope with may baited hooks attached and laid on the bottom trawl - a funnel-shaped net towed along the bottom by a boat groundfish - fish that live on or close to the bottom of the ocean flatfish - fish with a flattened body form that live on or in the bottom pelagic fish - fish that live alone or in schools at or near the surface twine - netting material used to make nets mesh - the "holes" in a sheet of twine mesh size - the size of the "holes" in twine - this size determines the size of the fish that escape the net bycatch - unwanted or unmarketable things caught inadvertently along with the target kind of fish (a big problem for fishery managers) conservation engineering - the design of fishing gear to minimize bycatch or environmental impacts of fishing sustainable yield - the number of fish that can be removed from a population and still have the same number of fish year after year. public resource - the idea that the people of the U.S. "own" the fish in U.S. waters. The government manages these resources for the greatest public benefit. Fishermen do not "own" the fish until they catch them. |