Protecting Our Kaimoana
This task is about answering some questions about a report.
Read the story
"Protecting Our Kaimoana" School Journal, Part 3, No. 3 1990
to help answer these questions.
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a) The reason Eddie decided to take up his job as a Fisheries Officer was that he
felt he had been doing his diving job for too long.
wanted to catch poachers and cheats and put them in jail.
was asked to help by the local kaumātua.
liked working with people and explaining things to them.
wanted to assist in protecting kaimoana.
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b) How does Eddie know that there is less kaimoana now than there used to be?
b) How does Eddie know that there is less kaimoana now than there used to be?
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c) Eddie says there are
two
parts to his job as a Fisheries Officer. What are they?
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2.
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d) What gives Eddie the authority to stop people he thinks are carrying seafood?
d) What gives Eddie the authority to stop people he thinks are carrying seafood?
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e) What
two
things must people do before they can take more than the usual quantity of kaimoana, e.g., for a hui or tangi?
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2.
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f) What
two
ways does Eddie say cheats and poachers try to hide their illegal catches?
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g) What is the
main
reason for the decrease in kaimoana, according to Eddie?
g) What is the
main
reason for the decrease in kaimoana, according to Eddie?
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h) When people are 'banned' from doing something, what does that mean?
h) When people are 'banned' from doing something, what does that mean?
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i) In some places all the fish, crayfish and shellfish are now gone. What word does the writer use to describe these places?
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