Geography of Canada

Fishing

Fishing

1. Types and Locations of Fish in Canada 2. Methods of Fishing in Canada 3. The Collapse of Canada’s Fisheries

Types and Locations of Fish

Category Description Examples

Groundfish

Fish that feed and are caught near the ocean floor.

Cod, Pollock, haddock, halibut, redfish

Pelagic Fish

Fish that feed and are caught near the surface.

Salmon, herring, mackerel, tuna, caplin

Shellfish Mollusks and crustaceans.

Shrimp, lobster, oyster, scallop, mussels

Types and Locations of Fish

• On the maps of the east and west coasts of Canada, label the items below plus all of the usual map essentials.– the provinces (all shaded in green)– the United States (shaded in grey)– fishing banks (shaded in blue)– fishing zone boundary (dotted line)– current direction and temperature (blue / red arrows)– location of fish types (groundfish / pelagic fish /

shellfish)

Canada’s East Coast Fishery

&

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

U.S.A.

Warm Alaska Current

Cold California Current

Canada’s West Coast Fishery

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

Methods of Fishing in Canada

In Shore Off Shore

small boats with limited gear, self-employed

85% of fishers but just 10% of fish

day trips only, no trips during bad weather

low income lobster, shrimp, clam, cod, and

haddock

large ships with variety of gear, company owned

15% of fishers but 90% of fish out for two weeks or more at a

time, in any weather reasonable income harvest cod, sole, halibut, redfish,

flounder

Methods of Fishing in Canada

Type of Net Description Diagram

Purse Seining circling a school of fish with a net

Gill Netting passing fish get caught in net

Otter Trawling bag-shaped net dragged along the ocean floor

Collapse of Canada’s Fisheries