Chapter 11 Part 3 Crossword

6. A fishery management program in which individual fishers are given a total allowable catch of fish for a season that they can either catch themselves or sell to others.
9. A practice in which two or more crop species are planted in the same field at the same time to promote a synergistic interaction between them.
10. The unintentional catch of nontarget species.
12. The production of crops in a way that sustains or improves the soil, without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
13. Plowing and harvesting parallel to the topographic contours of the land
14. An agricultural method in which farmers do not turn the soil between seasons and is used as a means of reducing topsoil erosion.
15. Live only one season and must be replanted each year.
16. Allows vegetation of different heights, including trees, to act as windbreaks and to catch soil that might otherwise be blown away, greatly reducing erosion.

1. The process in which the land is cleared, the vegetation is burned, and the land is used for only a few years until the soil is depleted of nutrients.
2. Fulfills the need for food and fiber while enhancing the quality of the soil, minimizing the use of nonrenewable resources, and allowing economic viability for the farmer.
3. An agricultural practice that uses a variety of techniques designed to minimize pesticide inputs.
4. Achieves the same effect by rotating the crop species in a field from season to season.
5. The transformation of arable, productive land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use
7. A process where repeated trampling by humans, machinery, or animals causes a compaction of soil and a reduction in pore space.
8. The transformation of arable, productive land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use.
11. Live for multiple years, and there is usually no need to disturb the soil.