Something's fishy here! Fishermen are having trouble catching enough fish to supply the demand due to years of overfishing. Bycatch, the unintentional harvesting of unwanted fish, is also a serious situation. Follow the viewing of this short visual with a research assignment where your ecologists gather current statistics on overfishing and legislation that is attempting to put an end to the waste.

Concepts

human impact on the environment, environmental stewardship

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Additional Tags

human impact on the environment, science

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Pros

• Critical thinking discussion questions are provided as a follow-up
• Links to related websites can be found in the Dig Deeper tab
• Lesson can be flipped, i.e. customized with your own questions
• Can be used when addressing NGSS HS-ESS3-6

Cons

• Does not delve into how different organizations are working to address the problem

Common Core

RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.9