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| CAFO | An operation in which "animals are kept and raised in confined situations. They congregate animals, feed, manure and urine, dead animals, and production operations on a small land area rangeland." |
| Manure | Waste material produced by livestock |
| Nitrates | Contaminant in water that interferes with the bloods ability to transport oxygen |
| Dead zones | A large region of water that has very low oxygen concentrations, and therefore can't support aquatic life. |
| Dissolved Oxyen | The ozxygen available to aquatic organism |
| Runoff | Water that does not soak into the ground and ends up in creeks and rivers |
| Eutrophication | The process by which a body of water acquires a high concentration of nutrients, especially phosphates and nitrates through runoff |
| Livestock | Animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch for human use |
| Fertilizers | Chemicals added to the soil to promote plant growth |
| Antibiotics | Drugs given to live stock to prevent dease and also to enhance growth |
| Steroids | Hormones that promote muscle growth |
| Overfishing | Capturing fish at a rate faster than they can reproduce |
| By-catch | Unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species |
| Bottom Trawling | Dragging a large net across the seafloor to capture bottom dwelling organisms |
| Long-lining | Fishing method that involves setting out large numbers of short lines carrying hooks, which are attached to a longer main line that can be 50 miles or more in length |
| Drift net | A large net for herring and similar fish, kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift with the tide |
| Pelagic Zone | That part of the ocean that is not over the continental shelf |
| Neritic Zone | The portion of the ocean over the continental shelf |
| Photic Zone | The depth to which sun light can penetrate water |
| Subsidy | Monetary assistance granted by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in the public interest. |
