Author Question: Commercial fishing competes with traditional fishing both on the ________ by diminishing local ... (Read 139 times)

wrbasek0 · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Commercial fishing competes with traditional fishing both on the ________ by diminishing local stocks and at ________ by driving down prices.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 2

Discuss ways in which biotechnology has modified crops.

What will be an ideal response?

fromAlphatoOmega22 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 14, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: water; market

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Biotechnology offers genetically altered crops that can be custom designed to fit the environment and produce bountiful harvests. It can even replace chemical pesticides. Breeding natural herbicides and pesticides into the plants themselves reduces the enormous quantities of chemicals and energy consumed in the manufacture, packaging, distribution, and application of chemical herbicides and pesticides. For example, new genetically modified maize significantly reduces the need for pesticides on that crop, and a new type of Russet Burbank potato contains its own protection against the Colorado potato beetle.