Living in the Environment
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Chapter 11, Problem 1EFA
To determine
a. The status of the global fisheries with respect to sustainability.
b. The year in which the global fish print began to exceed the biological capacity of the world’s oceans.
c. The amount of the global fish print that exceeds the biological capacity of the world’s oceans in 2000.
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