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Fish
as food |
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Have
a class discussion about fish as food. Questions could
include: |
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Why
do we eat fish? |
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Why
do we eat some fish and not others? |
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How
often do people eat fish? |
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Is
it an everyday meal or a special treat? |
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| 2
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Fish
shop survey |
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Survey
fish shops in the area to find out: |
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What
fish do they stock? |
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Why
do they stock some species and not others? |
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What
can you learn about the fish from looking at them? eg,
colour, texture, shape, etc. |
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| 3 |
A questionnaire |
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Work
out a questionnaire to find out about people's attitudes
towards fish and fishing now and in the past. Once you
have worked out at least 10 questions, interview one adult
in the community - preferably someone who goes fishing
or has gone fishing in the past. The questions should
be a mixture of open and closed questions. |
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Ask
about the type of fish they eat, and whether it is an
important part of their diet. Maybe ask if they go fishing
often and if they have noticed a difference in the type
or amount of fish they have caught in the past few years. |
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| 4 |
Fish
in New Zealand waters |
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List
the environmental factors that influence fish and shellfish,
and explain how these factors operate? |
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List
some of the special characteristics of deepwater fish
and suggest some reasons for these? |
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List
five ways of categorising marine species according to
where they live. |
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The
size of fish stocks varies from year to year because of
natural environmental factors. Suggest at least one way
this problem can be overcome by fisheries management. |
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Write
about 10 lines describing New Zealand's fisheries resources,
eg, in terms of distribution, variety, abundance, accessibility,
etc. |
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