Why do many fishermen support efforts to protect and restore mangrove forests? a. most fishermen are environmentalists. b. many fish breed in mangrove forests. c. they lay their nets in mangrove forests. d. mangrove forests provide valuable hardwoods?

Answer;

B. Many fish breed in mangrove forests.

Explanation;Mangrove forests are made of terrestrial plants which have adapted themselves to living in salt water and mud saturated with hydrogen sulfide.Mangroves forests provide ideal habitat or a breeding grounds for much of the fish in the world including, shrimp, crabs, and other shellfish.Many species of fish , such as barracuda, tarpon, and snook, find shelter among the mangrove roots as juveniles, and then head out to forage in the sea grass beds as they grow, and then move into the open ocean as adults.

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