big business
big companies that
control large amounts of money and influence
governments and political parties
by-catch
fish and sea animals that are
caught in fishing nets by mistake
coast guards
members of a force whose
job is to protect the coast
collapsed (fishing stocks)
when
fish stock falls to less than 10 percent of its
original size
confiscated
seized according to the law
cyclone
tropical storm with strong winds
and heavy rain that begins over warm oceans.
In some parts of the world a cyclone is called a
hurricane or typhoon
ecosystem
community of plants and animals
that lives together in a particular habitat
environmentalists
scientists who
study the environment and work to protect it
extinct
no longer existing
filleted
when the flesh of a fish is separated
from the bones, head, and tail
fish farms
places where fish or shellfish
are raised in pens to be sold for food
fishing grounds
parts of the ocean
where there are many fish
fishmeal
animal feed made from fish and
the parts of the fish discarded during filleting
freezer trawlers
large fishing boats
that catch huge amounts of fish that the crew
sort, process, and freeze on board
global warming
an increase in the
average temperature of the air at the surface
of the Earth
hydrogen fuel
the use of hydrogen to
produce electricity to power an engine
international organization
an
organization that includes representatives from
many countries
malnutrition
condition resulting from a
person not eating enough of the right kinds of
food for them to grow well and be healthy
mangrove
trees that grow in saltwater
swamps and along the edge of the coast in
tropical countries
marine reserves
areas of oceans or
seas where sea life and the ocean environment
are protected
overfishing
when more fish are caught than
can be replaced by natural means
parasites
animals or plants that live off
other animals or plants
patrol boats
boats that keep watch over an
area of water
pesticides
chemicals used by farmers
and gardeners to kill animals that attack
crops and plants
phytoplankton
microscopic plants that
float in large masses at the surface of the sea
protein
a substance found in food that people
and animals need to grow and stay healthy
quota
a limited share of a total
scallop
an edible mollusk with a ribbed fan-
shaped shell
seabed
ground below the sea
shoals
large groups of the same type of fish
that swim together
sonar equipment
machine that uses
sound waves to detect something that cannot
otherwise be seen
sustainable
able to be maintained
traditional
according to ways and means
used for generations
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