Across
- 1. – Businesses involved from catch to sale
- 4. – Habitat where young fish grow
- 9. – Nutrient-rich water rising to the surface
- 11. – Edible marine species
- 16. – Unintended species caught in fishing nets
- 19. – Variety of life within an ecosystem
- 22. – Countries that buy seafood from fishing nations
- 27. – Scientific analysis of fish population levels
- 28. – Fishing method using baited hooks
- 29. – Coastal area affected by tides
- 30. – Farmed and wild species targeted by fisheries
- 33. – Field studying oceans and marine life
- 35. – Lost or abandoned nets that continue trapping wildlife
- 38. – Highly commercial and often overfished species
- 39. – Seafood shipped to other countries
- 41. – Laws controlling fishing practices
- 43. – Fishing gear with many baited hooks
- 44. – Protected ocean area
- 46. – Repairing fishing gear
- 47. – Biodiverse habitat harmed by destructive fishing
- 48. – Base of marine food webs
- 49. – Seasonal movement of fish from one region to another
Down
- 2. – Farming of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants
- 3. – Environmental impact of seafood harvesting
- 5. – Group of fishing boats
- 6. – Marine animals shielded by law
- 7. – Fishing without authorization or breaking regulations
- 8. – Tracking seafood from harvest to consumer
- 10. – Industry or area involved in catching seafood
- 12. – Vertical nets that drift with currents
- 13. – Facilities raising young fish
- 14. – Interconnected community of organisms and their environment
- 15. – Government-set catch limits
- 17. – Contamination harming fish habitats
- 18. – Species that lives and eats near the seafloor
- 20. – Type of fishing that avoids long-term resource depletion
- 21. – The visible features of the ocean environment
- 23. – Species historically collapsed due to overfishing
- 24. – Decline of dissolved oxygen in water
- 25. – Fishing method that drags nets along the seafloor
- 26. – Seller of fish
- 28. – Natural environment where a species lives
- 31. – Person who fishes with a rod
- 32. – Harvesting of shrimp, often using trawls
- 34. – Process of fish releasing eggs
- 36. – Technology used to detect fish underwater
- 37. – Protecting fish populations and habitats
- 40. – Removal of fish faster than they can reproduce
- 42. – Related to the ocean environment
- 45. – What fishing industries contribute to coastal areas
