Question: FISHERIES The total groundfish population on Georges Bank in New England between 1989 and 1999 is approximated by the function
f(t) = 5.303t2 - 53.977t + 253.8 (0 ≤ t ≤ 10)
where f(t) is measured in thousands of metric tons and t in years, with t = 0 corresponding to the beginning of 1989.
a. What was the rate of change of the groundfish population at the beginning of 1994? At the beginning of 1996 ?
b. Fishing restrictions were imposed on Dec. 7, 1994. Were the conservation measures effective?