Jane Doe

Period 1
March 3, 2015
The worlds oceans have lost too many top predators due to fishing boats

Rhetorical Prcis
In the article, The worlds oceans have lost too many top predators due to fishing boats (2014),
a staff member from Scientific American claims that predatory fish populations need to be
restored. The author supports the thesis by giving examples of facts about top predators, stating
information about the population decline and explaining the effects. The author hopes to inform
the readers about the need to restore predatory fish populations in order to promote others to
support healthy populations of fish and healthy oceans. The authors audience is fishermen, but
also others that are interested in learning about the oceans and the fish populations in them.

Response
I feel that the decline in top predatory fish is a serious problem. I agree with the author that we
have been fishing too much. I also agree that more needs to be done to restore the predatory fish
populations.
Analysis