The following are some good sources of information on halibut:
Also, you can scroll down for a glossary of terms used in the student activities.
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Halibut Fisheries
Pacific Halibut Glossary
- Abundance
- Plenty, more than enough; large quantities
- Adaptation
- The structures or behaviors of an organism that are suited to a particular environment
- Apex predator
- Apex predators (sometimes called Man-Eaters, Alpha-Predators, or Super-Predators) are predators that are not themselves preyed upon as a species. These animals are often at the end of long food chains, where they have a crucial role in maintaining and determining the health of ecosystems
- Biomass
- The total weight or quantity, at a given time, of living organisms of one or more species, usually expressed in weight per unit area, e.g., 500 lbs or 500 fish per square mile
- Biturbated
- Sediment or soil that has been stirred or mixed up by organisms, especially by burrowing or boring
- Commercial Fishing
- Fishing for a commercial purpose, i.e. to sell the catch
- Compensation
- Something (such as money) given or received as payment for a service or loss or injury
- Continental Shelf
- Shallow bottom just offshore of most continents between water's edge and a sharp drop-off where the bottom plunges steeply
- Decline
- To tend toward an inferior state or condition
- Degradation
- Diminution of biological productivity or diversity
- Ecosystem
- Community of organisms interacting with each other, plus the environment in which they live and react
- Fathom
- Linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
- Fishery
- Occupation or industry of catching, processing and selling fish and shellfish; an area where fish or shellfish are caught
- Flatfish
- Fish with a flattened body form that live on or in the bottom of the ocean
- Habitat
- Place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
- Invertebrates
- Animals lacking a backbone or spinal column
- Cannonball Weights
- Rounded weights attached to fishing line in order to keep the line at the bottom of the ocean
- Jig
- Type of fishing lure designed to resemble small fish, rarely larger than 10 centimeters
- Jigging
- Fishing method used with a hook and line, where the line is moved up and down in the water to attract fish to the hooks
- Life span
- Longest period of life reached by a type of organism
- Longline
- Stationary buoyed or anchored line or a floating, free drifting line with lures or baited hooks attached
- Migrate
- To move in a cycle from one place to another, usually for food or to mate
- Migration
- Periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
- Reel
- A winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
- Regulation
- A governmental order having the force of law
- Resurgence
- Recovery; revitalization; renewal
- Sport Fishing
- A form of recreational fishing where the main reward is the challenge of finding and catching the fish rather than eating or selling it
- Subsistence Fishing
- A type of fishing in which most of what is caught is consumed by the fisherman and his family
- Temperate
- Moderate; the zones between the tropics and the polar regions of the earth
- Trolling
- To fish by towing an array of baited lines or lures behind the boat
- Viability
- Capacity for survival and continued growth
