The population of game fish in a lake is under heavy fishing pressure. If too many fish are caught, the population will crash and future years of fishing will suffer. The game fish can exhibit logistic growth under certain circumstances

Assuming logistic growth, it would be best to manage this game fish population by permitting the harvesting of just enough fish to keep the game fish population A) at 10% of its carrying capacity.
B) at 50% its carrying capacity.
C) at its full carrying capacity.
D) above its carrying capacity.


B

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