Chapter 5. Crabbing, Quotas, and Saving Lives in Alaska

EIA Activity: Crabbing, Quotas, and Saving Lives in Alaska

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

  1. Question

    Use Link 1 to answer the following questions. In 2014, the current price per pound of snow crab (5–8 ounce clusters) was:

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  2. Question

    True or False: In 2014, Alaska’s crab quota was down 18.7%.

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    B.

  3. Question

    True or False: In 2014, 66.3 million pounds of snow crab were caught in Alaska.

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    B.

  4. Question

    Use Link 2 to answer the following question. True or False: Each year, snow crab fishing in the Bering Sea begins in the month of October.

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  5. Question

    Use Link 3 to answer the following questions. True or False: TAC stands for total allowable catch.

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  6. Question

    True or False: Twenty percent of the U.S. king crab supply is caught in Alaska.

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  7. Question

    Use Link 4 to answer the following question. True or False: In 2011, fishing was considered the second-most dangerous job in the U.S.

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  8. Question

    Would you be willing to pay $19.99 for an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet that included Alaskan snow crabs? If not, discuss why. Would you be willing to pay $24.99 for an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet that included Alaskan king crabs? If not, discuss why.

    Your response will be graded by your instructor.
    Would you be willing to pay $19.99 for an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet that included Alaskan snow crabs? If not, discuss why. Would you be willing to pay $24.99 for an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet that included Alaskan king crabs? If not, discuss why.

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