Fishing is a major part of many Caribbean economies. The yellowtail snapper and Nassau grouper are important food fishes. However, a lack of adequate regulation has led to overfishing in many areas and consequent damage to reefs.
When grouper fishing is set to 70% what happens to the population of other fish populations in the reef?
Question 1 options:
The lack of grouper fish in the food web caused a spike in the snappers that are usually eaten by the groupers.
Since there were hardly any grouper left as a result, the snapper population also decreased amongst the reef community.
All the other fish populations in the gizmo increased as a result of the fishing favoring the grouper.
