MAF 100 FINAL URI QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is Bycatch? (SA) - Answers :bycatch is fish caught that you weren't trying to catch.
Some fishing methods create more bycatch than others do.
How does the United Nations define "sustainable development"? - Answers :Meeting
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.
Fish is the only major type of food that we still get mostly from the wild. T or F - Answers
:True
What of the following is NOT part of the "common heritage of mankind" principle? -
Answers :Seabed resources should always be first come, first served (also described as
"open access").
What is "environmental justice"? (SA) - Answers :Environmental justice is the idea that
all people and communities regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, have
rights to equal environmental protection. This means that they have the right to live,
work and play in communities that are safe, healthy and free of life-threatening
conditions.
What is neo-colonialism? - Answers :The use of economic, corporate, political, cultural,
or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former colonies.
What is an estuary? - Answers :A place where outflows from a river or stream and tidal
flows from the ocean meet, so the water is "brackish."
Where is Rhode Island's Estuary Research Reserve? - Answers :Prudence Island
What do the Compacts of Free Association give the United States the right to do? -
Answers :Operate military bases and make decisions about the external security of the
Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of
Palau.
Rhode Island calls itself the "Ocean State." Please describe some of the basic features
of Rhode Island waters, including (1) characteristics of the marine environment, (2)
coastal and marine use activities, and (3) the agencies that manage Rhode Island
waters. Please provide at least three (3) examples for each point (1-3). (P2LA) -
Answers :(1) characteristics of the marine environment - Estuary (Narragansett bay),
Narragansett bay is a shared watershed (RI and MASS), RI has 22 islands Prudence
Island has Estuary reserve on it.
(2) coastal and marine use activities - Fishing (commercial and recreational), tourism
(beach going, boating), maritime trade (containers to prov and cars to quonset).
(3) the agencies that manage Rhode Island waters. - RIMFC (Provides
recommendations on proposed management plans, regulations and licensing), DEM
What is Bycatch? (SA) - Answers :bycatch is fish caught that you weren't trying to catch.
Some fishing methods create more bycatch than others do.
How does the United Nations define "sustainable development"? - Answers :Meeting
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.
Fish is the only major type of food that we still get mostly from the wild. T or F - Answers
:True
What of the following is NOT part of the "common heritage of mankind" principle? -
Answers :Seabed resources should always be first come, first served (also described as
"open access").
What is "environmental justice"? (SA) - Answers :Environmental justice is the idea that
all people and communities regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, have
rights to equal environmental protection. This means that they have the right to live,
work and play in communities that are safe, healthy and free of life-threatening
conditions.
What is neo-colonialism? - Answers :The use of economic, corporate, political, cultural,
or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former colonies.
What is an estuary? - Answers :A place where outflows from a river or stream and tidal
flows from the ocean meet, so the water is "brackish."
Where is Rhode Island's Estuary Research Reserve? - Answers :Prudence Island
What do the Compacts of Free Association give the United States the right to do? -
Answers :Operate military bases and make decisions about the external security of the
Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of
Palau.
Rhode Island calls itself the "Ocean State." Please describe some of the basic features
of Rhode Island waters, including (1) characteristics of the marine environment, (2)
coastal and marine use activities, and (3) the agencies that manage Rhode Island
waters. Please provide at least three (3) examples for each point (1-3). (P2LA) -
Answers :(1) characteristics of the marine environment - Estuary (Narragansett bay),
Narragansett bay is a shared watershed (RI and MASS), RI has 22 islands Prudence
Island has Estuary reserve on it.
(2) coastal and marine use activities - Fishing (commercial and recreational), tourism
(beach going, boating), maritime trade (containers to prov and cars to quonset).
(3) the agencies that manage Rhode Island waters. - RIMFC (Provides
recommendations on proposed management plans, regulations and licensing), DEM
