Bluefin tuna travel in schools throughout the world's oceans. Fishing boats from many nations harvest bluefin tuna as the schools migrate through their national waters. The schools of bluefin tuna are best described as:
A) a private good.
B) a public good.
C) an artificially scarce resource.
D) a common resource.

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Schools of bluefin tuna are a common resource because they are rivalrous (one fisher's catch reduces the availability for others) but non-excludable (it's difficult to prevent others from fishing them).

Bluefin Tuna Travel in Schools Throughout the World's Oceans