Fishing Down the Food Chain Refers to

question 45

Multiple Choice

Fishing down the food chain refers to

• A) using trawlers with large nets to harvest marine resources.
• B) the practice of fishing top predators nearly to extinction then moving on to smaller, less desirable fish.
• C) the practice of line fishing where only mature adult fish are harvested.
• D) the practice of fishing down at the bottom of the food chain.

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