At Least 87% of the World's Fish Stocks Are Considered

question 2

Multiple Choice

At least 87% of the world's fish stocks are considered over- exploited, fully exploited or depleted. The reason fisheries have experienced such pressure is because:

• A)the growing human population requires protein, leading to a greater demand.
• B)technological advances allow us to fish so efficiently that every single fish is often removed from an area.
• C)given that no nation lays legal claim to the open ocean resources in the ocean are more susceptible to overuse and degradation than land resources.
• D)all of the above