Question

1. what is the fastest growing animal - based food - producing sector, particularly in developing countries?
2. when does overexploitation occur?

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1. what does overexploitation firstly affect?

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1. name 3 critical habitats for fish and shellfish reproduction in the caribbean small islands.

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1. what has contributed to the malnutrition of many children around the philippines and indonesia? (read box 17 for this answer.)

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1. what is by - catch?

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1. what does by - catch do?

Explanation:

Answer:

1. Aquaculture (fish farming)
2. When harvesting rates exceed the reproductive capacity of the target species population
3. It firstly affects the large, older, and reproductively mature individuals of the species
4. a. Coral reefs

b. Seagrass beds
c. Mangrove forests

1. By-catch is the unintended capture of non-target marine organisms during fishing operations
2. By-catch leads to the unnecessary death of millions of non-target marine animals, disrupts marine food webs, and threatens the survival of vulnerable and endangered species