4 marksSignificance and Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2 · Question 8(a)(iii)

Figure 7 shows the amount of fish harvested from traditional marine fishing grounds in Country X.

Suggest TWO reasons for the trends shown in Figure 7.

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8(a)(i)Describe the trends in fish harvest shown in Figure 7.[3 marks]
8(a)(ii)In what year was the maximum yield of fish obtained?[1 mark]
8(a)(iv)At what production level would you recommend that the country continue to harvest its fish resource? Provide THREE reasons for your recommendation.[6 marks]
8(b)Outline TWO factors that the government of the Caribbean country may have considered before making the decision to grant permission to private investors to…[6 marks]

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