China's fishing industry is

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Responses

prospering due to the many efforts to maintain the water's purity.

steadily declining due to increases in demand, which exceeds the quantity of fish that are reproduced annually.

steadily declining due to pollutants being dumped into the water without government regulation.

steadily declining because Chinese peasants are using water to bathe and wash dirty clothes.

The correct answer is:

steadily declining due to increases in demand, which exceeds the quantity of fish that are reproduced annually.