Lab Report Marine Fisheries Instruction

Lab Reports – General Instructions

· Each student will work in his own to research proper literature and prepare the introduction, obtain, put together, and analyze the data for each lab Report section, and add his or her personal opinions to the discussion and conclusions.

Lab Report – Report on Marine Fisheries

I. INTRODUCTION

The objective of this lab exercise is to learn and analyze different fishing and farming methods and identify those that are more environmentally sustainable.

Write a few paragraphs about the background information for this lab exercise (you can include information from the Monterey Bay Aquarium website – see below).

http://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-basics

One page maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Instructions:

STEP 1. Go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium > Sea Food Watch > Ocean Issues webpage and watch the Video: Can the Oceans Keep Up with the Hunt? (15 min). Here is the link:

http://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-basics

STEP 2. After you watch the video, select Fishing & Farming Methods (from the same Ocean Issues page) and learn about each method. This is the link:

http://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-basics/fishing-and-farming-methods

STEP 3. Make a table to summarize and compare the different Fishing & Farming Methods, include their advantages and disadvantages.

STEP 4. Discuss the methods and decide which Fishing Method AND which Farming Method are the most environmentally sustainable and explain why.

III. RESULTS

In this section include your table of the different fishing methods (12 fishing and 10 farming methods), their advantages and disadvantages.

IV. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

Discuss your results using the following points as a guide (in a paragraph format, one page maximum, double-spaced, 12-point font):

· The importance of fisheries to sustain the human populations, especially in developing countries.

· What are some of the environmental issues of modern fishing and aquaculture methods?

· Which fishing and aquaculture practices can be considered sustainable?

V. REFERENCES

Cite the source of information that you used for the Introduction and/or any other section of the report.

You can use any format for your references and the text cites, if you are consistent throughout the document.