Hunting and Fishing

By Dylan Hopkins

What Do You Know About Hunting and

Fishing?

• It’s done worldwide

• It’s been around since the

beginning of mankind.

What is it?

Hunting

• The killing or trapping of

wild animals.

• Some of the reasons for

hunting are food,

recreational sport and

tradition.

Fishing

• The catching of fish.

• Reasons for Fishing:

Industry/Job, recreational

sport and hobby.

What is My Opinion?

• Thesis: Even though environmentalists have

claimed that hunting and fishing hurts the

environment in an extreme way these problems

can be fixed, if the laws are obeyed, trash is

cleaned up and environmentally friendly gear

is used.

Laws

• The California Department of Fish and Game recently, as of

2013, released a new document with all of the updated hunting

and fishing laws.

Laws that help protect the

environment• “No person shall pursue a game animal while

being driven in a motor-driven land or air

vehicle, motorboats, sailboats, or

snowmobiles.” (California Department of

Fish and Game, 2013)

• This law does not allow hunters to hunt

animals from a moving vehicle and it makes

it more of a challenge.

Laws that help protect the

environment (cont.)

• “No angler is allowed to take any more fish than the

legal bag limit.”(California Department of Fish and

Game, 2013)

• This law is strongly enforced and any violators

will be given a large fine. This law also prevents

the over harvesting of fish and other animals.

Does hunting and fishing permanently

damage the environment?

29%

19%28%

24%

Answers

Maybe No

Yes, definitely I don't know

• As you can see, the

answers were pretty

even, but “maybe” had

the most.

• Most people probably

don’t know a lot about

this project.

Fishing and Hunting Gear

• The biggest problem with fishing and hunting is the use of

chemicals such as lead that can pollute the environment.

• This problem can be fixed by using alternatives such as

tungsten, steel, copper and brass.

Lead Sinker

Alternatives

Tungsten

Steel

Why would something like sinkers

affect the environment?

• The most common way is when your fishing

and your line snaps then the sinker gets left

under-water.

• By using alternatives the left over gear will not

pollute the environment.

Graph

• This chart is showing

that a good percentage

of the class have been

hunting before.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60Yes

(54%)

No

(32%)

I Don't

Know

(14%)

Have you ever hunted wild

game before?

Conclusion

• If hunting and fishing laws are obeyed then the

environment will not be permanently damaged.

Alternatives to the chemical lead can help

protect the overall health of the environment.

Many of the environmental problems that are

being talked about can be fixed with a little bit

of work.

What the Heck Was That?

Works Cited

• Works Cited

• "Does Hunting Help or Hurt the Environment?"

Scientific American 10 November 2009.

• "Environmental Effects of Lead Used in Hunting

and Fishing." Environmental News Network 11

July 2008.

• "Hunting and Fishing Laws ." California

Department of Fish and Game 1 January 2013.

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