The country of Belize depends on lobster for a major portion of its income, along with fishing and tourism. Over the past 30 years the average size of an individual lobster has dropped, even as increasing numbers of Belizeans buy boats, build lobster

traps, and enter the industry. This is an example of ________.

A) overharvesting
B) the results of an invasive species
C) the effects of pollution
D) habitat alteration
E) the problems with monoculture


Answer: A

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