Marine Ch 5 - Tragedy of Commons Review

An example of a shared resource is

• oil

• air

• open space

• fish

• all of these

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The Tragedy of the Commons theory says

• that resources free to everyone will run out if not regulated

• people share and are nice by nature

• there is always plenty of everything

• humans never take more than their share

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In order to make sure a resource like fish does not run out, we

• set a limit of how many can be caught.

• give tickets and fines if the rules are broken

• require adults to buy fishing licences and use the money for conservation

• all of these

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As the human population increases in size, the amount of resources we use

• increases

• decreases

• remains the same

• decreases a lot

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In New York, one way of keeping the population of fish within a healthy size is

• having fishing seasons and fish size limits

• fishing is banned in New York State and is illegal

• there are not limits here

• people in New York State do not like to fish.

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According to the chart, the season for catching bluefish is

• All year

• Summer Months only

• Dec 31 - March 31

• Apr 31 - June 31

How many winter flounder can a fisherman take in a single day?

• 2

• 17

• 35

• π

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When can fishermen take bluefish?

• all year

• summer

• winter

• spring

The Department of Environmental Conservation determines how many fish there are in the ocean by

• counting every single one

• sampling tagged fish and releasing them

• guessing

• lotto numbers

Commercial fishermen depend on the number of fish they catch

• because they sell them to restaurants and fish markets for money

• for fun

• to feed themselves

• to make sure they go extinct

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