[单项选择]Fishing adds only about one percent to the global economy, but on a regional basis it can contribute extremely to human survival. Manne fisheries contribute more to the world’s supply of protein than beef,poultry or any other animal source.
Fishing typically does not need land ownership, and because it remains, generally, open to all ,it is often the employer of last resort in the developing world-an occupation when there are no other choices. Worldwide, about 200 million people rely on fishing for their livelihoods. Within Southeast Asia alone, over five million people fish full-time. In northern Chile forty percent of the population lives off the ocean. In Newfoundland most employment came from fishing or servicing that industry-until the collapse of the cod fisheries in the early 1990s that left tens of thousands of people out of work.
Though debates over the conservation of natural resources are often cast as a conflict between jobs and the environment, the restoration of
A. most of man’s employment is from fishing
B. man can always turn to fishing for employment
C. forty percent of Chileans live on fishing boats or ships
D. fishing has been the biggest industry in Newfoundland