Includes all glossary terms from Fish & Fishery Fact pages and the Voices of the Bay Fisheries Education curriculum.
Education Curriculum
Students take part in a simulated fishery, make regulation decisions, and face natural and man-made challenges the fishery and the squid population (Science).
Students have the opportunity to get an "insider's" view of the complex factors that determine the viability of a commercial fishery (Social Studies / Economics).
Students research, plan, and conduct interviews with members of the fishing community to explore the historic, economic, environmental, and cultural dimensions of their community (English).
Other Opportunities for Teachers
The art work by Ray Troll illustrates how marine fauna respond to changes in ocean conditions. Green represents high ocean productivity and blue for low ocean productivity, helpings students learn the species that flourish in one regime over another.
Squids-4-Kids supplies frozen specimens of Humboldt squid for use in educational activities at any level. They provide teaching materials, including a step-by-step dissection guide and readings on suggested topics for classroom discussion.
The Voices from the Fisheries Database is a central online repository for consolidating, archiving, and disseminating oral history interviews related to commercial, recreational, and subsistence fishing in the United States and its territories.
This 5-part series featured in The Seattle Times Newspaper, was created to help educators introduce the complex process of how seafood gets to market. Use the classroom guide and the leading questions posed to engage your students.