Question
Explain four physical factors that favour fishing in the above fishing ground.
Answer
- Japan is generally mountainous which does not favour agriculture making fishing the only economic activity.
- Numerous islands provide good breeding ground for fish hence fishing.
- Extensive continental shelf are shallow providing light for the growth of plankton which is food for fish.
- Cool temperatures arising from the meeting of cold oxygen and warm Kuroshio providing conditions for plankton survival.
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