Notebook #20

If you put your draft aside, you will have a better ability to look at your work objectively. You should let someone else evaluate your essay because it is often times better in your head because you know what you are trying to say. You should rethink your theist and make sure that is actually fits into your argument. Rework the introduction and conclusion and make sure you are starting paragraph with strong topic sentences.

Blog #10 Regulation/solution

Most places especially in the US already have effective regulations on overfishing but the countries that need the regulations the most are the countries whose governments do not but any time or resources into developing strong helpful bans. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management was passed in 1976 and put an emphasis on long term sustainability of the fisheries in the United states. The MSA for short, made the process of managing fisheries a completely transparent and public process so there were no catches going over the set limit that were not being reported and seen by officials. This also allowed smaller fishing communities and shore side businesses to become more successful. The MSA also changed the distance to where international water began. Prior to the MSA the distance to the international waters was 12 miles, Beyond that the waters were fished by irregulated oversea merchants, after the MSA the range was extended to 200 miles off shore and established the regional fishery management council. The regional fishery management council was intended to comply with the MSA’s conservation and management requirements and comply with the 10 national standards put in place. 

  The sustainable fisheries act helped reduce overfishing and rebuild america’s fisheries. Another very important aspect was the implementation of 3 new national standards to help improve fishing vessel safety. These changes were also addressed bycatch, one of the most serious problems related to the fishing industry. Overall there are many strong restrictions also in place, mostly in the United States, we just need to extend those to countries without strong restrictions and national waters.        

notebook 18

(author-page method of intent citation) The citation requires the author’s last name and the page number of where the quote was found. Page numbers must always appear in parenthesis. The author’s name must either appear in the sentence before or in the quotations. If you are citing a source that appears in a larger text you must cite the author’s initial source.

Notebook 16

Before you start your outline you need to have a general sense of what it is you will be arguing. If you read the source completely and take notes, your notes are probably in the same order that your thoughts occurred to you, this is fine but the objective of an outline is to arrange those thoughts in an order that will support your argument. You should then look at all the different categories and how the information you have taken in can be categorized.

Begin with the most general categories then work down to more specific. Then chose the order at which to present them.

Notebook 14

Use of the word distill was an interesting way to describe processing another source and using it to form your own thesis. summarizing the primary sources will help you make your analysis more convincing. Being well red on the topic helps it to be strongly rooted in fact instead of being based on hazy recollection. The general task is to showcase you ideas, you analysis of the topic, and your source material.

True summary is more of a recap of the main points. Another type of summary is the interpretative summary.

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