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Metfan725

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The Alaska state government completely closed down the king crab fishing industry due to a replenishing resource management dilemma. What were the fishermen doing that caused the government to stop the fishing?
 
  A) They were not catching enough crabs to justify the expensive equipment.
  B) They were overfishing the crabs to the point of extinction.
  C) They were killing other sea life while trying to catch crabs.
  D) Their equipment was not sophisticated enough to catch crabs safely.

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A social dilemma where members of a community overuse public areas to the point of destroying them is known as the
 
  A) tragedy of the commons.
  B) rancher's dilemma.
  C) prisoner's dilemma.
  D) invisible hand problem.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A




Metfan725

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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