Question

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. A keystone specie B. A decomposer specie C. A Carnivore specie D.A Competitive Specie

Answer 1

Option D, Competitive species

Step-by-step explanation:

A competitive species is one which being commercially fruitful is in high demand in consumable market.

Lobster being competitive , has high demand due to which it is cultivated/harvested in large amounts with in a short span of time. Due to such high demands , the species like lobster (as mentioned in this question) suffers from the issue of over harvesting and thus their average size reduces over time as they do not get enough time to mature.

Option D is correct.