Grand Manan Weir大马南堰.pptVIP

Oceans 11 – Unit 3 Unlike other natural resources such as oil and gas, fish are a renewable resource. People in coastal regions have been using fish as a major food source for thousands of years. In 1997, the global fishery took 100.8 million tons of fish, crustaceans and mollusks. Fishing also employs 15 million people worldwide, but is the most dangerous job in the US (155 deaths per 100,000 fishers). Of the thousands of species of marine organisms in the ocean, only ~500 species are regularly caught as part of a commercial fishery. The largest commercial harvest is of the herring and its re