Question

What is the connection between shark populations and ray populations in the North Atlantic Ocean?

Group of answer choices

As ray populations decrease, shark populations decrease.

As shark populations increase, ray populations increase.

As ray populations increase, shark populations increase.

As shark populations decrease, ray populations increase.

MULTIPLE ANSWER QUESTION -- CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

According to "End of the Line": Which of the following actions can you take to help save the world's oceans and prevent the collapse of the world's fish populations?

Group of answer choices

Tell politicians--respect science, cut the fishing fleet.

Boycott Walmart, McDonalds, and other companies that sell fish products.

Only eat fish that were raised in South American fish farms.

Ask before you buy--only eat sustainable seafood.

Practice only catch and release sport fishing.

Join the campaign for marine protected areas and responsible fishing.

Based on the textbook and the additional readings: Which of the following factors did Hardin omit in his example of the tragedy of the commons that later economists used to show that Hardin's model is not always accurate?

Group of answer choices

Collective action among people is the rule and not the exception.

Human history has always provided new technologies to boost the productivity of the land.

The law of survival of the fittest means that only a few herdsmen would survive and they would be successful.

Government control of the land would prevent it from being overutilized.

Answer 1

Rays are the prey of Sharks. So a decrease in shark population will result in an increase of ray population, because the number of predators became less so the survival of rays will be increased.Also increase in ray population will result in increase of shar population as sharks get more food.

According to the book "The end of the line" written by Charles Clover, the oceans and fish population can be protected by marine reserves , asking the politicians totake regulations on these, only have sustainable fishes not the endagered ones etc.