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Pick an individual species from the list below (each pick must be different. first come, first served). Conduct an assessment of fish stocks for US (wild or farmed) and research the sustainability of the fishery. First: Establish what "sustainability" means in this context. Second: Answer questions such as: what is the population and where are they located? What are catch rates? What are threats (if any)? Is the fishery considered sustainable? Are there any special considerations for the fish (vulnerable life stages for example)? What information is missing? Third: Final analysis. Do you think you will see commercial fishing of the species in 50 years? Possible aquaculture?


Places to start: NOAA: Fish watch http://www.fishwatch.gov/ Monterey Bay: Sea food watch http://www.seafoodwatch.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx

I already choose the oyster.


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Sustainability of Oyster – Outline
Thesis Statement: An ideal approach to evaluating the sustainability of the practices that are
used to farm oyster in the United States is the determination of its population and where they are
located so as to identify factors that exploit the species vulnerability for threatening its
continuous availability and existence. The outcome of this analysis can be used to identify
practices and measures that would enable the accomplishment of the sustainability goals for the
organism.
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Introduction
Oyster Population and their Location in the United States

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Annual Catch Rates of Oyster and Threats to Sustainable Fishery

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The Future of Commercial Oyster Fishing in the United States

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Conclusion.


Running head: SUSTAINABILITY OF OYSTER

Sustainability of Oyster
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SUSTAINABILITY OF OYSTER

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Sustainability of Oyster
Introduction

Sustainability is the condition that involves the utilization or consumption of a natural
resource in a manner that does not compromise its capacity to maintain the healthy levels of the
population and not disrupt the continuous existence of other resources in the natural
environment. In the context of the marine or aquatic environment, the meaning of sustainability
is considered practices that can be maintained for forever without adversely affecting the
population of a particular species, especially the capacity to replenish the ones that are consumed
or utilized either through subsistence or commercial fishing. The concept is also concerned with
the need to balance the existence of this targeted species or natural resources with those of others
that co-exist in the same environment, especially the maintenance of the shared physical
environment of all the living things. Therefore, sustainable oyster fishing would be practices that
are used to farm the aquatic organism in ways that either increase or maintain its population both
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