Across
- 3. Most marine protected areas fall under this 1972 act
- 4. The amount (in millions of tons) of fish harvested in the present
- 7. Each of these citizens eat an average of 47lbs of fish per year
- 8. Method of catching fish most commonly used by commercial fishermen
- 9. The amount of different nets used to capture fish
- 11. Catching too many fish at once that the breeding population becomes too depleted to recover
- 12. The FAO reports to these
- 15. The first marine protected area created in Florida, 1963
Down
- 1. The amount of marine protected areas currently in the United States
- 2. One of the most dangerous jobs to take
- 5. Cod populations declined in this country as well as the United States until fisheries were closed
- 6. Fish that are caught but not used by commercial fishermen
- 7. This fish's population declined by 80% in just 3 years!
- 10. Fish off the coast of New Zealand that is closed to fishing due to possible extinction
- 13. Acronym for the organization that estimated that the maximum fishing limit is 120 million tons
- 14. Minor contribution to the worldwide human diet, only making up ~4%