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Students investigate through role play how decisions by watermen, recreational fisherpeople, and lawmakers influence and are influenced by economics and the abundance or scarcity of fish and shellfish stocks. They consider social, environmental, and economic impacts of overfishing from a variety of perspectives.

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overfishing, fishing industry, fish, shellfish, economics

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Grade
8th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
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Year
2002
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