Question

The Chesapeake Bay is an important natural resource. Over the years, the number of oysters in the bay has declined dramatically, largely because of fishers who catch them and sell them as food. This has affected many other organisms that depend on oysters.

This is an example of which type of short-term human-induced environmental change?

eutrophication
non-sustainable harvesting
nonnative species introduction
pollution

Answer 1

non-sustainable harvesting

Fishers are harvesting the oysters to the point where the oysters cannot be re-populated fully.