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Ch. 12

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Total cards: 23•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Asian carp

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Invasive fish in the Great Lakes. Has no natural predators and is only prevented from entering by an electric barrier.

#2
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Asian swamp eel

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Invaded waterways of Florida, eats many fish by sucking them in. Can elude resistance by burrowing in mud banks. Could reach Chesapeake Bay

#3
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Baleen whales

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Filter feeders that use plates of baleen that hang from their upper jaw to filter plankton like tiny krill.

#4
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Cetaceans

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Marine mammals like the porpoise and blue whale

#5
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Comanagement

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coastal communities work with the government to manage fisheries. Government divides quotas for various communities and limit harvest of a species.

#6
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High seas

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Ocean areas beyond the legal jurisdiction of any country

#7
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Integrated coastal management

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Community based effort to develop and use coastal resources more sustainably.

#8
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Marine protected areas (MPAs)

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Areas of ocean partially protected from human activities

#9
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Marine reserved

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Areas where no extraction and alteration of any living or nonliving resource is allowed

#10
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Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

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Model to project the maximum number of fish that can be harvested annually without causing population drop

#11
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Mitigation banking

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Allows destruction of existing wetlands as long as an equal area of the same wetland is created or restored.

#12
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Optimum sustainable yield

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Concept that takes into account interactions with other species and changing ocean conditions.

#13
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Precautionary principle

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Sharply reducing fish harvests and closing some overfished areas until they recover

#14
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Purple loosestrife

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Perennial plant that grows in wetlands in parts of Europe that was imported into America. Displaces native vegetation, controlled by a weevil species and leaf eating beetle.

#15
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Quagga mussel

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Discharged in ballast water if russian freighter. Can survive extreme depths and temps, and can colonize new areas.

#16
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Sea lampreys

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Reached Great Lakes in 1920s and sucks out blood of victim. Population is controlled by an expensive chemical that kills its children.

#17
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Toothed whales

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Porpoise sperm whale and killer whale that bite and chew their food

#18
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Zebra mussel

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Arrived by European ballast water in Michigan lake. No natural enemies, controlled somewhat by native sponge, increase water clarity by consuming algae.

#19
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Trawler fishing

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Drag a funnel shaped net open at the neck along the ocean bottom, Scrapes everything everything along the bottom, can capture bycatch

#20
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Purse-seine fishing

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Catch surface dwelling fish like tuna mackerel anchovies and herring, then close the net to catch the fish, also catches bycatch

#21
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Longline fishing

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Very long lines with baited hooks, can also catch bycatch

#22
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Drift net fishing

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Fish are caught by huge drifting nets can lead to overfishing and bycatch. Restricted use by UN because fish get caught in gills

#23
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International whaling commission (IWC)

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Set annual quotas to prevent over harvesting and commercial extinction.