Posted: September 13th, 2017

Over-fishing

Order Description
Layout of Report
1. Abstract: This should be very short and summarises the results and sometimes the conclusion. Basically it is how you would tell someone all about your project in as few words possible!
2. Introduction (no more than 500 words): This is a summary of the background research that you have found relevant to your study. This sets the scene and also tells the reader why your study is important and what you were trying to find out.
3. Methodology: This should briefly describe the design of your study, e.g. the design of a questionnaire or how you structured an interview.
4. Results/Data Analysis: This should present your data. It should describe your findings, but not offer any explanations or discussion of the results. The data you collected, ‘raw data’, usually has to be converted statistically or mathematically to display in tables and/or graphs.
For this project you MUST include:
• Minimum of 2 graphs
• Qualitative/Quantitative data
• Summary statistics
5. Discussion: This section tells the reader what you think your results mean. Are they relevant? How do they connect to what we already know about this area? If you were continuing to research in this area what would you investigate? Why?
Might your work contain errors? How could this study have been improved? In other words this section contains a critical analysis of your work. It should end with your overall conclusions – did you answer the question you set out to investigate?
6. References: This is the list of the sources of information you have used and should be in Harvard style. Only list sources that you have mentioned in the body of your work above.
7. PDP Summary: This should be a maximum of 200 words. This should summarise and reflect on your work in this unit, your skills, how they have developed, and your targets for next year.
8. Supporting Evidence: This file will consist of your raw data and calculations carried out on that data.
Extra information
• The length of the Written Report should be approximately 2500 words.
• You will submit 2 files: a word file containing your report and PDP and an evidence file (probably an Excel file) containing raw data and its analysis.
• Aim to use one of the online data generators e.g. water footprint calculator, write and deliver a questionnaire, carry out interviews, collect data e.g. distance food has travelled from production to selling point.
Report Topic
6. Over-fishing
Over three quarters of the Earth are covered by the oceans containing over 80% of all life on the planet.
• However, destructive methods of fishing have caused severe strain on this ecosystem. Scientists now estimate that, at the current rates of decline, most fish stocks could collapse within the next 50 years.
• Millions of people worldwide depend on fish for food and for their livelihood. The collapse of these stocks would not only impact on the ecosystem but it would also have profound social and economical consequences.
Starter Reference/Resources
• Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Big Fish Fight [online] http://www.fishfight.net/
• Esteban A. (2011) we need to eat less fish – not more sustainable fish. [online] http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/28/sustainable-fish
• Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (2008) The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture [online] ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0250e/i0250e.pdf