When your class is examining the fishing industry or sustainable practices, you can use this brief activity to demonstrate the global impact our food choices have. Overharvesting, overfishing, and bycatch are important topics to address when looking at how humans impact the environment. Note that this activity does not stand well alone; supplement it with material from the For Further Exploration tab, or with other outstanding resources available through Lesson Planet.

Concepts

human impact on the environment, environmental stewardship, overfishing, fishing industry, seafood, sustainability

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Additional Tags

seafood, sustainability, overfishing, human impact on the environment, science

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Pros

• Poignant topic

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• None