[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics an…

Female sea turtles each lay hundreds of eggs each year, but many of these hatchlings die in their first few days of life. People from some native cultures still collect sea turtle eggs as a food source but traditionally only take about 10% of what is in any given nest. This allows enough baby turtles to survive to keep the sea turtle population fairly steady. This sea turtle egg harvesting strategy is an example of _____.