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Oceanography

Chap 17

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Algin A mucilaginous commercial product of multicellular marine algae; widely used as a thickening and emulsifying agent
Aquaculture The growing or farming of plants and animals in a water environment under controlled conditions.
Biological Resources A living Animal or plant collected for human use
Bycatch Animals unintentionally killed while catching collecting desirable organisms
Container (shipping) A large , strong, internationally standarized metal packing box for cargo
Desalination The process of removing salt from seawater or brackish water
Drift net Fine, vertically suspended net that may be 7 meters high and 80 km long ( 25 ft high and 50 miles long)
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) The offshore claimed by signatories to the 1982 United Nations Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea. The EEZ extends 200 nautical miles fron a contiguous shoreline
High seas That part of the ocean past the exclusive economic zone that is considered common property to be shared by the citizens of the world; about 60% of the ocean area
Law of the Sea Collective tern for laws and treaties governing the commercial and practical use of the ocean
Mariculture The farming of marin organisms, usually in estuaries, bays, or near shore environments or in specially designed structures using circulating seawater
Marine energy resources Any resource resultin from the direct extraction of energy from the heat or movement of ocean water.
Maximum Sustainable yield The maximum amount of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks that can be caught without impairing future populations
Nonextractive resources Any use of the ocean in place,such as transportation of people and commodities by the sea, recreation, or waste disposal
Nonrenewable resources Any resource that is present on Earth in fixed amounts and cannot be replenished
Overfishing Harvesting so many fish that there is not enough breeding stock left to replenish the species.
Physical resources Any resource that has resulted from the deposition, precipitation, or accumulation of a useful nonliving substance in the ocean of seabed
Potable water Water suitable for drinking
Renewable resources Any resource that is naturally replaced on a seasonal basis by the growth of living organisms or by other natural processes
Territorial waters Waters extending 12 miles frome shore and in which a nation has the right to jurisdiction
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone The region extending seward from the coast of the United States for 200 nautical miles, within which the United States claims sovereign rights and jurisdiction over all marine resources.
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