How does eating fish impact others? (Secondary) - Lesson Three

• Social Studies
• History
• +3
• 9th,10th Grade

Introduction

Lesson Three – How are artisanal fishing communities impacted? This lesson covers how overfishing and illegal fishing impact artisanal fishing communities and how we ultimately contribute to this. Learning activities:  Research and discussion on the impacts of illegal fishing, mapping the causes and impacts.

Instructions

Time: 45 minutes

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Lesson 3 - How do we impact artisanal fishing communities?

This lesson is provided by Sea Shepherd.  Sea Shepherd was founded in 1977 and is a marine conservation organisation working to protect the oceans and marine wildlife.  Sea Shepherd works globally on a range of issues impacting the oceans, running numerous direct action campaigns each year. 

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What is artisanal fishing?

Ask students what they think is meant by artisanal fishing?

Illegal Fishing

Illegal fishing means that the fishermen enter the territorial waters of a country or regulated marine zone without permission or without a license for the fish they intend to catch.

They are stealing from these waters.

ARTISANAL FISHING:

food is sourced in a traditional way.

Local communities sourcing food to sustain the community, using small scale traditional ways of fishing.

  Artisanal fishing means that food is sourced in a traditional way.
It is about local communities sourcing food to sustain the community – to sell at local markets and local communities, using small scale traditional ways of fishing.

How does global demand
impact artisanal communities?

Ask students “How do think the global demand for fish impacts artisanal communities?”

Introduction to IUU fishing and the impact of overfishing.

Commercial and illegal fishing.

We have discussed in previous lessons the scale of commercial fishing and the rate of illegal fishing.  Do you think these industries will be concerned about local communities and their needs?

Introduction to IUU fishing and the impact of overfishing.

Impact on local communities

We are going to take a look at some examples from Sea Shepherd campaigns. These campaigns focus on illegal fishing in west Africa.  Along the African coast many communities rely on the ocean for food and income, using small-scale fishing methods.
Illegal fishing vessels have been raiding the waters of these countries, reducing fish numbers close to shore, and impacting these communities.

We are going to take a look at a couple of videos that show what is happening in this region.

This video (3.28 min) from Sea Shepherd’s Operation Gambian Coastal Defense, shows illegal fishing and the impact on coastal communities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCmG5WS4DPo

This video (3.17min) shows the arrest of a poacher in Benin during Operation Guegou:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOhqDvRQxFc

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LEARNING ACTIVITIES

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