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Resource
Anything that can be used to produce goods and services, such as raw materials, workers, money, and land.
Natural Resources
things found in the total stock that people find useful.
Total Stock
all parts of the natural environment including energy, living organisms, and non-living materials. For example - sunlight, trees, and water are all part of the total stock.
Renewable Resources
resources that can be regenerated if used carefully.
Non-renewable resources
resources that are limited and cannot be replaced once they are used up.
Flow Resources
resources that are replaced by natural actions and must be used when and where they occur or be lost.
Other resources
resources that do not fit into the other three categories (renewable, non-renewable, and flow resources)
Conservation
the wise use of resources
Mining the resources
exploiting a renewable resource in an unsustainable way.
Sustained yield management
the process of managing a renewable resource to ensure that the amount harvested doesn’t cause long-term depletion of the resource. The harvest is equal to or less than the amount replenished each year.
Old-growth forest
a forest that has never been logged.
Aquaculture
fish farming
Continental shelf
the part of the ocean that is next to continents and is typically less than 200 meters deep.
Banks
shallow parts of the continental shelf that are good for fishing.
Inshore fishery
commercial fishing carried out close to shore in small, independently owned boats.
Offshore fishing
Commercial fishing carried out farther from shore in larger company-owned boats.
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