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LESSON TWO-ACTIVITY TWO: What is Commercial Fishing?

Content Objectives: The students will be able to give a basic definition of commercial fishing.
The students will become familiar with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game website.

Key Vocabulary: occupation, gillnetters, driftnets, setnets, purse seiners, hydraulic block, trollers, boom and bust, mandate, limited entry, salmon stocks, sustainable, stewardship, niche markets, roe, bycatch,

Supplementary Materials:
Commercial Fishing Worksheet
KWL Chart
Commercial Fishing Vessels Description
class fisheries binder

Resources: ADFG-Alaska Department of Fish and Game, USFWS-United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 4-H Fisheries, Pacific Salmon Foundation

Books: Alaska’s Wild Salmon ADFG

Website Wandering:
ADF&G Commercial Fishing Web Page

Activity Sequence:
Part One-What is Commercial Fishing?
Read aloud with students from Alaska’s Wild Salmon ADFG (Pages 42-45).

As a class, write a good definition of commercial fishing. Have the students write the definition in their fisheries notebooks.

Discuss with the class the major differences between subsistence and commercial fishing in Alaska. Who are the people who subsistence and commercial fish? How is their gear different? Why do they fish?

Part Two-A Great Resource on the Web
Have the students open the listed ADFG website. The purpose of this lesson is to have the students familiarize themselves with the different resources on the site. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game website is a great resource for anything having to do with fisheries in Alaska

Give each student an ADFG Commercial Fishing Website Worksheet. They should work independently to complete the questions. It can be done in class or as a homework assignment.

Part Three-What You Learned
Before wrapping up the lesson have students return to their KWLcharts. In the space provided, they should list at least three things they Learned about commercial fishing during the course of the activity.

Wrap-up Discussion: Discuss with students the value of commercial fishing in Alaska. What value, other than monetary, does commercial fishing add to the lives of Alaskans and Alaska as a state? Who or what else benefits from commercial fishing?

SIOP FEATURES:

Preparation	Scaffolding	Grouping Options
___ Adaptation of Content	___ Modeling	___ Whole class
___ Links to Background	___ Guided practice	___ Small groups
___ Links to Past Learning	___ Independent practice	___ Partners
___ Strategies incorporated	___ Comprehensible input	___ Independent

Integration of Processes	Application	Assessment
___ Reading	___ Hands-on	___ Individual
___ Writing	___ Meaningful	___ Group
___ Speaking	___ Linked to objectives	___ Written
___ Listening	___ Promotes engagement	___ Oral

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Text by Beverly Chmielarczyk
Last modified 20 August, 2009

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