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In recent years shrimp harvests by commercial fishermen in the South Atlantic have declined dramatically in total weight. The decline is due primarily to competition from a growing number of recreational fishermen, how are able to net young shrimp in the estuaries where they mature.
Which of the following regulatory actions would most help increase the weight of shrimp harvests by commercial fishermen?
A. Requiring commercial fishermen to fish in estuaries
B. Limiting the total number of excursions per season for commercial fishermen
C. Requiring recreational fishermen to use large-mesh nets in their fishing
D. Putting an upper limit on the size of the shrimp recreational fishermen are allowed to catch
E. Allowing recreational fishermen to move out of estuaries into the South Atlantic
Which of the following regulatory actions would most help increase the weight of shrimp harvests by commercial fishermen?
A. Requiring commercial fishermen to fish in estuaries
B. Limiting the total number of excursions per season for commercial fishermen
C. Requiring recreational fishermen to use large-mesh nets in their fishing
D. Putting an upper limit on the size of the shrimp recreational fishermen are allowed to catch
E. Allowing recreational fishermen to move out of estuaries into the South Atlantic
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
If recreational fishermen were required to use large-mesh nets when fishing, fewer young shrimp would be trapped in those nets (making the reasonable assumptions, of course, that young, immature shrimp are smaller than mature shrimp and that by “large-mesh nets” is meant net with spaces big enough for young shrimp to pass through them). Thus, there is a strong likelihood that such a requirement would help increase commercial shrimp harvests. This makes C the best answer, and thus the correct answer.
A is incorrect. This requirement is most unlikely to bring relief; if anything, it will exacerbate the problem if commercial fishermen, too, start netting young shrimp. The second answer choice is also incorrect. This requirement would presumably make sense if the problem were caused by commercial fishermen catching too many mature shrimp. But the passage clearly indicates that the main problem is that too many young shrimp are netted before they reach maturity. D is not the correct answer choice. Since the problem lies mainly in the numbers of immature, and thus presumably small, shrimp that recreational fishermen catch, preventing those fishermen from catching large shrimp above a certain size is unlikely to provide an effective solution. The last answer choice is also incorrect. Nothing in the passage suggests that recreational fishermen are not already free to move into the open ocean if they own ocean-going craft. And if they are not already free to move into the open ocean, there is still nothing to suggest that they are interested in doing so in large enough numbers to relieve the over-fishing of young shrimp in estuaries.
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C.Large mesh nets implies they will not be able to catch shrimp at all.So
