QUESTION 9:
In the paragraph below, there is a missing sentence. Look at the paragraph and indicate (A, B, C and D) where the following sentence could be added to the passage.
Turtles were not the only marine species to benefit from new catch techniques.
Where would the sentence best fit?
Conservation organizations have condemned the obvious and extreme waste associated with bycatch. (A) Public concern over high mortality rates of endangered marine turtles captured in shrimp trawls led to the development of turtle exclusion devices (TEDs) in the 1980s. (B) TEDs were incorporated into the shrimp net design with the purpose of directing turtles out of nets without unacceptably reducing shrimp catches. (C) Marine engineers and fishers also developed shrimp net designs that incorporate bycatch reduction devices (BRDs), taking advantage of behavioral differences between shrimp and fish, or between different fishes, in order to separate fishes. (D)
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A. Option A
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B. Option B
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C. Option C
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D. Option D
A
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