CHAPTER 11

The growing of aquatic organisms (fishes, shellfish, and seaweeds) for human consumption.

Consists of sediments (mainly sand and mud) where many bottom-dwelling animals, such as worms and clams, burrow.

The fishes, marine mammals, sea turtles, seabirds, and other animals caught unintentionally in a commercial fishing catch.

A periodic, large-scale warming of surface waters of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that temporarily alters both ocean and atmospheric circulation patterns.

Large, circular ocean current systems that often encompass an entire ocean basin.

The area of shoreline between low and high tides.

The part of the pelagic environment that overlies the ocean floor from the shoreline to a depth of 650 ft.

The part of the pelagic environment that overlies the ocean floor at depths greater than 650 ft.