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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which international organization met in 1973 to expand ocean sovereignty?
(a) International Fisheries Council.
(b) The Northern Seas Alliance.
(c) The UN Seabed Committee.
(d) NATO.

2. What were sail-powered draggers called?
(a) Wingets.
(b) Widgets.
(c) Dibs.
(d) Smacks.

3. What replaced nylon in gill nets?
(a) Acetate fiber.
(b) Dacron.
(c) Rayon.
(d) Monofilament.

4. By 1918, which Maine city was building steel-hulled trawlers?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Rockland.
(c) Bath.
(d) Saco.

5. What Nova Scotia fish product was heavily salted on schooners, then dried on flakes along a rocky coastline?
(a) Salt ling.
(b) Gloucester gold.
(c) Hákarl.
(d) The Lunenburg cure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.

2. Which boat was invented on the Pacific to deal with rough seas and haul in bigger catches?

3. Johann Sigurjonsson is _____ of the Marine Research Institute in Iceland.

4. A ship with onboard fish processing is called a _____.

5. Most Icelandic towns have a population under _____ people.

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did the term "scrod" have on consumer's perspective on fish?

2. Why did Icelandic Coast Guard vessels withstand enemy attacks in the second cod war?

3. What skills did fishermen learn in the wake of the imposition of 200-mile zones?

4. Why do fishermen have comparatively high accident rates?

5. How did the Icelandic government finally curb the capacity of is own fishing fleet?

6. Why did Icelanders rejoice in the addition of the 12-mile limit zone around their country?

7. What happened to many British and German trawlers during the second Cod War?

8. How did the invention of filleting machinery change New England's cod fishing industry?

9. Describe how gill nets are used.

10. Why was the British Royal Navy reluctant to send combat ships to deal with Iceland during the second Cod War?

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