PDS AP Environmental Science 8th Period 2011-12

Kinda weird to discuss fishing/aquaculture in an agriculture unit? Well, we do get some calories from the water so yes! Today we watched a good bit of the PBS documentary Empty Oceans, Empty Nets. Feel free to click around the movie web site if you want want to explore the issues further. What were the [...]

Tags: agriculture, fishing, ocean, The Tragedy, water

Yesterday in class we did a simulation that was called “Gone Fishing” and was designed to simulate a situation that Garrett Hardin called “The Tragedy of the Commons.” Each group started with a plate (lake) with a maximum of 16 fish at any time(carrying capacity) And played the game by these rules: 1. You must [...]

Tags: fishing, The Tragedy