A 20 percent decline in lobster catches in Maine waters since 1980 can be justifiably blamed on legislation passed in 1972 to protect harbor seals. Maine’s population of harbor seals is now double the level existing before protection was initiated, and these seals are known to eat both fish and lobsters.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?

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Correct Answer is : The record lobster harvests of the late 1970’s removed large numbers of mature lobsters from the reproductive stock.

GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 6