Juvenile red snapper are often found around natural or artificial reefs. if overfishing occurs in these areas, what would you predict will happen to the red snapper population?

the red snapper population will be affected greatly as juveniles will not reach adulthood to spawn.

the red snapper population will be affected marginally because this will only affect the juveniles.

the red snapper populations will benefit because the adults will have less competition from juveniles.

the red snapper populations will be unaffected unless they are specifically targeted by fishing.

Option A, The Red Snapper population will be affected greatly as juveniles will not reach adulthood to spawn.

Explanation:

The red snapper population is being fished during juvenile age and hence they do not grow into adults and produce offsprings.  

The rate at which the  juvenile offsprings  are being killed is extremely high as compared to the rate at which they are reproduced as most of the red snappers are killed before they reach the age of fertility.

Due to this imbalance in the birth and death rates of red snapper, there will be  tremendous decrease in the population of red snapper.

Hence, option A is correct.

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