When Fishery Effort Increases and Catch Remains Stable or Decreases

question 68

Multiple Choice

When fishery effort increases and catch remains stable or decreases

• A) fishers need to find alternative methods to catch fish.
• B) fishers simply need to relocate to another patch.
• C) the abundance of the fish is declining.
• D) costs remain high.
• E) the size of fish caught tends to increase.

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Definitions:

Skewed Histogram

A graphical representation of data that is not symmetrical and leans towards one side, indicating a lack of normal distribution.

Tail

The extreme end or the farthest part from the mean in a distribution, often referred to in discussions of outliers and probabilities.

Modal Class

The category or class interval in a dataset that appears most frequently.

Histogram

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, often used to visualize the frequency of data within bins.