In Consider the Lobster, the author begins the article by introducing the Main Lobster Festival and its traditions. He goes in depth in the the culture and why the Lobster Festival is as big as it is and what to expect from the festival if you were to visit for the first time. In the beginning of the author focuses on the traditions. He explains to us how lobster was considered low class food, due to the its living conditions. He brings up why the lobster was looked down on in the past because of it being a scavenger of the sea.
The populations are becoming so hard to find that fisheries are now catching the fish in estuaries, a place where the juveniles grow. There is also no ban on fishing them during certain seasons. This leads to the capture of pregnant females, and of juveniles. The population has declined so much that many fisheries have gone out of business. The reason I don’t think that the consumption from predators is why the population is declining so rapidly is the fact that these predators have been hunting these fish for hundreds of years.
Surfside Leisurescapes This report is consistent with our signed Academic Integrity Form on file with the instructor Trevor Burns, Amir Kalantar, Colin Brown, Nav Thandi, Adam Jackson Team #1 October 28, 2013 Critical Issues The three primary critical issues that are affecting Surfside Leisurescapes with the greatest impact are: * No structural marketing plan has led competitors to take increasing market share, deterring Surfside’s customer base. * 78% of Hot tub sales occur in 6 months due to season trends, this is decreasing employee morale in slack months * Lack of full product base disregarded large hydrotherapy segment causing customers to shop at nearby competition Surfside Leisurescapes must implement an effective marketing strategy in order to combat against increasing competition and to gain majority market share within an underutilized segment. Their inexperience from the past years of operations has caused the company to be unprepared for new entrants into the market place. The seasonality trends of Hot Tubs has caused the staff of Surfside to have low morale as their job security is low, this could be a deterrent for sales and the staff not exceeding expectations of a push strategy. Analysis Marketing Plan Surfside Leisurescapes has steadily been losing their market share, as they were an established company in a untapped market it lead to new competitors easily entering the market as seen in Exhibit 1.
The restaurant is usually open until 10 p.m. during the week and 11 p.m. on the weekend, so 8:15 p.m. was a fairly decent time to arrive at the restaurant for supper. No one greeted them at the door and after 10 minutes, they walked to the bar to attract the attention of the bartender to ask for a hostess to seat them. The hostess arrived and was clearly unpleasant and un- thoughtful as she tried to seat the family in an upper seating area. The family had a discussion with the hostess because the father is an amputee on crutches and cannot sit in an upper seating area, due to his disability. She then brought the family to another area, sat them with the lunch menus and no children’s menus.
Female lobster that have a row of eggs on the under bely How are females carrying eggs marked? Why do they do this?They cut a small v shaped notch in their tales, they do this so lobstermen men know to throw them back Why are oversized lobsters also thrown back? They are considered studs of the ocean that produce bumper crops of young Besides following the rules closely, what are some other ways the lobstermen of Vinalhaven protect the lobster crop? Require apprenticeships of locals, and some ereas of the Maine coast are closed to new lobstermen altogether Besides the lobstermen's efforts, what are other factors that may be influencing the numbers of lobsters? It could be the warmer currents or the less predatory fish There are signs that the numbers may be dropping.
In the essay “Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer” by Robert Reich he explains to us the developing gap between the upper, middle, and lower class people. He does this by using a metaphor about boats rising and falling. He puts the routine production workers in a boat that is sinking quickly, the in-person servers goes in a boat that is sinking slowly, and the symbolic analysts are in a “vessel” that is “rising steadily”. He tells us the boat of the routine production workers is sinking quickly, because of the outsourcing, which is moving American factories out of America, of corporations, for cheaper workers. Technology, explains Reich, is also a major factor in the decreasing jobs for routine production workers.
Dr Euan Ritchie stated “When sharks were culled in Hawaii there was no long-term benefit because sharks attacks occurred immediately after”. Why then, waste billions of taxpayers’ money on a solution that has previously shown it does not work? In South Africa, again, according to statistics from the KwaZulu-Natal Shark Board, “less than 18 per cent of marine life caught on drum lines in South Africa in the 2011 to 2012 financial year have been great white or tiger sharks” with animals mentioned in the above paragraph contributing to the other 78%. A large scale cull would be highly redundant then as Australia would be no different from Hawaii and South Africa. In New South Wales and Queensland “there have been severe shark attacks on beaches that are protected by nets”, highlighting how wrongly this issue is being
The store he was working at was dull and monotonous, and he did not want to end up like his store manager Lengel, who was telling the girls they cant wear bathing suits to the A&P. Sammy mainly quits his job because he wants to move up in life and actually live it. When he sees the “queen” of three girls walk up to the register with the “Kingfish Herring Snacks” it suddenly hits him. He realizes that these girls are from a wealthy class, “ all of a sudden…picking up herring snacks on toothpicks off a big plate” (Updike 134) who are living the good life. Sammy also saw a foreshadowing of his future if he had kept his job.
Bartender Bailout The Missing Piece of the U.S. Economic Bailout Plan By: Derek Hubenak Bartender Bailout: The Missing Piece of the U.S. Economic Bailout Plan The United States congress decided to enact an economic plan to rebuild the U.S. economy and, in turn, has directly affected my income extensively. I have seen the effects of our economy slowing as consumers hold tight to hard earned money because of a fear the markets may crash any day. The Dow drops continuously and consumer spending drops just as fast. One can not thrive without the other. The US economic bailout plan is unethical and outright criminal.
The continuation of unrestricted fishing will worsen world hunger among impoverished coastal communities, many of whom depend on the abundance of fish to feed themselves and their families, and result in ultimate environmental chaos and the extinction of thousands of In recent years, the demand for fish, a healthy food rich in omega-3 fatty acids and lean protein, has sky-rocketed. This is in part due to increasing demand for healthier sources of protein in wealthier nations. In fact, the amount of fish in the oceans has significantly decreased. The New York Times reports that, “according to commission figures this year, 63 percent of stocks in the Europe’s Atlantic water are overfished” and “83 percent of its Mediterranean stocks” and some “2/3 of its Baltic stocks” (Jolly, 2011). In the more recent years, fishermen have discovered ways of fishing that give the fish no chance of survival.