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The cod fish population has dropped in New England between 1982 until today. How

many times larger was the cod fish population in 1982 as compared to today?

0 it was 27x higher in 1982

it was 19x larger in 1982

it was 95x higher in 1982

0 it was 5x higher in 1982

Answer 1

it was 27x larger in 1982

Step-by-step explanation:

The cod fish population has dropped in New England between 1982 until today due to higher mortality rate. The population of cod fish in1982 is 80000 metric ton of spawning stock biomass while on the other hand, the population of cod fish in 2011 is 2500 metric ton of spawning stock biomass. This lowering of cod fish population is due to higher mortality rate so we can say that the population of cod fish was 27x larger in 1982.