Ocean Bycatch Net Engineering Assignment

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9 questions
Complete all the questions. YOU MUST WATCH THE VIDEOS TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT!
Watch the following video to find out what Bycatch is....
1

Which of the following best describes bycatch?

Watch the following video to find out about what engineers are doing to reduce bycatch.
2

What is the problem that the engineers are trying to solve?

2

Go to the following website to learn about the different types of commercial fishing methods:
https://sustainablefisheries-uw.org/seafood-101/commercial-fishing-methods/

Pick a type of method that you would like to engineer a change to reduce the bycatch. The choices are gill nets, longline, pole line, traps and pots, purse seine net, or midwater trawling nets. You CANNOT use dredge, pole line or bottom trawling nets.

In the answer box please put the type of fishing method you would like to modify.

3

What is the problem associated with the fishing method you choose in #3?

2

Pick one of the following animals that are often caught as bycatch:
Salmon, sea turtles, tuna, general fish, sea birds, or sharks.

In questions 6 and 7 you are going to engineer a change the net you choose in #3.

There is one change that will not be accepted: just making the holes bigger or smaller.
5

Explain in writing or verbally how you would modify the net you choose in question #3 to keep the animal you selected in #5 from being caught.

5

Draw a picture of the change you described in #6. Include labels.

0

What are things you like about the assignment?

0

Is there anything you would change about the assignment? How could it be made better?