Your partner in your new aquaculture business tells you to feed your salmon for another year because they will be bigger upon selling and that garners more money. What is the potential problem here?
A) Your partner is correct and there is no problem because fish keep growing if you feed them.
B) Your partner is incorrect; fish stop growing when in captivity for too long.
C) Your partner is likely incorrect; while the fish may grow over the next year, it may much slower such that the cost to feed them overtakes the profit.
D) Your partner is correct; the longer you feed fish, the more absorbed energy they put into growth.
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