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First teaching 2024

First exams 2026

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Aquatic Food Production Systems (DP IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS): SL): Exam Questions

9 mins5 questions
12 marks

Define maximum sustainable yield.

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22 marks

Define the term aquaculture.

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32 marks

The figure below shows data on the overall biomass of fish and seafood caught and farmed in the 70 years from 1950 to 2020.

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Describe the data shown in the figure.

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42 marks

Outline two reasons why the global growth of aquaculture is expected to continue into the near future.

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51 mark

Explain how increasing fishing net gap size can be used to help mitigate the unsustainable exploitation of aquatic systems.

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