Chapter 17. Saving the Oceans with ITQs

EIA Activity: Saving the Oceans with ITQs

Click on the links on the right to answer the following questions.

  1. Question

    Use Link 1 to answer the following questions. True or False: Kiyoshi Kimura paid $1.76 million in 2013 for a bluefin tuna that weighed 489 pounds.

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    		B.

  2. Question

    True or False: Kiyoshi Kimura paid $736,000 in 2012 for a bluefin tuna that weighed 593 pounds.

    		A.
    		B.

  3. Question

    True or False: Tsukiji is a famous fish market in Beijing.

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    		B.

  4. Question

    True or False: There was no demand for bluefin tuna in the 1960s.

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    		B.

  5. Question

    True or False: Fishing for bluefin tuna increased by more than 2000 percent between 1970 and 1990.

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    		B.

  6. Question

    Use Link 2 to answer the following question. True or False: Fifteen different U.S. fisheries are governed by catch shares.

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    		B.

  7. Question

    True or False: In New England, fishermen are organized into cooperative sectors that distribute shares among members, rather than use Individual Transferrable Quatas (ITQs).

    		A.
    		B.

  8. Question

    What are the problems posed by using catch share programs? Discuss.
    Your response will be graded by your instructor.
    What are the problems posed by using catch share programs? Discuss.

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