1. Science Behind Sustainable Seafood Lesson 1: Tragedy of the Commons Alaska Fisheries Science Center

2. What is a natural resource? Something provided by nature that humans can use. U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 2 Name some natural resources, what do we do with them? Trees Oil Coal Water Fish Paper, lumber Gasoline Electricity, heat Beverages Seafood

3. What happens when everyone tries to use these resources? U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 3 What would happen to a forest? What would happen to oil reserves? What would happen to the water? What would happen to the fish?

4. There is less! U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 4 Original amount

5. Difference between a renewable resource and a non-renewable or finite resource? Examples? U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 5 Renewable Trees Fish Water – water cycle Non-renewable Coal Oil Fresh Water – lost to evaporation, locked in ocean

6. What happens if we allow a resource to be over- extracted? U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 6

7. This is called the tragedy of the commons? What real or possible events that could be considered a tragedy of the commons? U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 7

8. How could you avoid over-extraction of a natural resource? U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 8

9. How can we avoid over-extraction of fish or overfishing? U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 9

10. Laws, science and teamwork or community! U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 10

11. Example of community based management Watch video on the webpage of the Port Orford, OR Ocean Resource Team http://www.oceanresourceteam.org/ U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA Fisheries | Page 11