Summary:
This article is titled "Fighting Over Herring- the Little Fish that Feeds Multitudes", is by National Geographic. This article is about small fish called, "herring", which people fish for food. They are silver and oily. They can be fished in the Pacific Ocean and come near the shores of British Columbia. The basis of this article is that there are contradictions on whether to fish herring or not due to concern of over fishing them. The Canadian Government has allowed nets to scoop up these little fish. This has sparked some objections of many in British Columbia.
What's There:
Where this issue is currently happening is in British Columbia. Why this is happening is because in some areas, the herring population are a fraction of what they were, which concerns people. What is happening is that the Canadian Government has allowed fishing nets to catch herring. This article had been posted on February 12, 2015. This statement has been going on for two years, so since 2014 and 2015. To whom this problem concerns are people of British Columbia, including the native people, the scientist who are lending their knowledge to the debate, the Canadian government, and some commercial fishers.
Why is it There:
You can herring in the Atlantic Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean, but this article is specifically talking about pacific herring. Pacific herring would be found in the Pacific Ocean. East of the Pacific Ocean is British Columbia. Being the close proximity of the two, makes it an ideal natural resource. This problem can connect to what we talked about this past week because it is all about how the geography plays a part in what resource is extracted. It is an issue because we should not over fish them to the point where there population is drastically low.
Why Care:
We should care about this issue because these fish can become extinct if we endlessly fish them with no end. Another reason on why we should care about this problem is that many people get their food from eating herring, so over fishing them would eliminate them from other people's diets. Also, if we over fish them to the point where there are no more herring to fish, that would lead into job loss being that there will be no fish to catch. This also connects to when we were talking about natural resources in class from Newfoundland, and how there was a huge fishing industry. But also how the fish that was caught there were so over fished, that they had to stop the fishing to allow their population to rebuild. Now, their industry is smaller. This connects to the article on how people are afraid of the herring being over fished.
What's There:
Where this issue is currently happening is in British Columbia. Why this is happening is because in some areas, the herring population are a fraction of what they were, which concerns people. What is happening is that the Canadian Government has allowed fishing nets to catch herring. This article had been posted on February 12, 2015. This statement has been going on for two years, so since 2014 and 2015. To whom this problem concerns are people of British Columbia, including the native people, the scientist who are lending their knowledge to the debate, the Canadian government, and some commercial fishers.
Why is it There:
You can herring in the Atlantic Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean, but this article is specifically talking about pacific herring. Pacific herring would be found in the Pacific Ocean. East of the Pacific Ocean is British Columbia. Being the close proximity of the two, makes it an ideal natural resource. This problem can connect to what we talked about this past week because it is all about how the geography plays a part in what resource is extracted. It is an issue because we should not over fish them to the point where there population is drastically low.
Why Care:
We should care about this issue because these fish can become extinct if we endlessly fish them with no end. Another reason on why we should care about this problem is that many people get their food from eating herring, so over fishing them would eliminate them from other people's diets. Also, if we over fish them to the point where there are no more herring to fish, that would lead into job loss being that there will be no fish to catch. This also connects to when we were talking about natural resources in class from Newfoundland, and how there was a huge fishing industry. But also how the fish that was caught there were so over fished, that they had to stop the fishing to allow their population to rebuild. Now, their industry is smaller. This connects to the article on how people are afraid of the herring being over fished.
Nice work Brooke! Way to pay attention to detail! This is located on the coast of B.C. because that's where the water terrain is! Which is where all of the fishes live! This reminded me of that one time in class when we were discussing about how people that live near the rivers in B.C. I.E. Columbia River, Thompson River and many more would capture these fishes for food! You mentioned in the writing that this is an issue because of the fish species may becoming extinct but don't forget that the fish species is rapidly growing and that humans not only use fish as a food source but also use fishes for jobs I.E. fishing. Overall, very good report, and nice job following the formula that Mrs. Abromaitis taught us in class :)
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