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Direct linkSigurdsson, Thorir – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2006
Herring in the ocean between Iceland and Norway was one of the largest fish stocks in the world until the fishery crashed in the late 1960s. The catch in 1971 was only 20 thousand metric tons in contrast with the record of 2 million tons in 1966 and the spawning stock declined from 10 million tons to 10 thousand tons in 20 years. After 25 years of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Factors, Least Squares Statistics, Calculators
