Fishing Restriction Method:
A menhaden, also known as a mossbunker, bunker, and pogy, is any forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidum of the family Clupeidae. Gulf menhaden and Atlantic menhaden are small oily-fleshed fish characterized by their bright silver color and a series of smaller spots behind the humeral spot. They are flat with soft flesh and a deeply forked tail, and they grow to a maximum of 15 inches long.
According to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the stock of menhaden is not considered overfished currently, there have been 32 instances of overfishing in the past 54 years. Paul Greenburg, the author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food, has called for a fishing ban for menhaden in US federal waters and the Chesapeake bay due to the detrimental effects overfishing is having on the population, and in turn the menhaden's predator populations and the water quality. However, a fishing ban is not the best course of action.
One factor that could be resulting in the reduced population of menhaden is the large population of striped bass. They are a culprit in the decline of the menhaden population because as their population grows they eat more fish including menhaden. This type of culprit would not be effected by placing restrictions on menhaden fishing.
Also, because menhaden are a food source for all animals, the prohibition of fishing menhaden would break a supply chain. Therefore by trying to protect menhaden through the prohibition of fishing it is really hurting the food supply for others.
Finally, if the government were to issue these harsh fishing restrictions, a lot of people would become unemployed. Those who depend on fishing menhaden for a living would not be able to maintain their livelihood if they are no longer able to fish for them.
The given passage describes about the ban on fishing of menhaden fish by Atlantic States Fisheries Commission. It has been due to over-fishing of menhaden. The passage itself states that such a ban would disturb the menhaden's predator population. The speaker does agree with some of the points mentioned in the passage but is skeptical about the following factors based on re-examination done by him.
The first factor stated in the passage is about the large population of striped bass due to reduced population of menhaden. They are the culprit for menhaden's decline. The speaker rejects this idea by saying that, striped bass have other sources of food apart from menhaden. Also, he says that nature has its own ways to maintain equilibrium among the natural food chains. There exists a equal balance between predators and prey in nature unless and until human intervenes into it.
The second factor stated in the passage is that, prohibition of fishing menhaden would break a supply chain. The speaker casts doubt on the given consequence and states that, there are variety of other fishes available for fishing apart from menhaden. Although, speaker agrees that prohibition might cause a decrease in supply chain but the latter is also correct as mentioned by speaker.
The third consequence stated is of unemployment of people dependent on fishing of menhaden. Speaker rejects this and says that, there are other types of fish for people to earn their livelihood. Even, after applying of the ban, people might be able to fish for menhaden but in restricted quantities until the population of menhaden rises to a stable level.
Hence, the given speaker, although, agrees with some of the points mentioned in the given passage, he casts doubts on some other and explains his points after re-examining the entire situation if the ban is imposed.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 217, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'menhadens'' or 'menhaden's'?
Suggestion: menhadens'; menhaden's
...tates that such a ban would disturb the menhadens predator population. The speaker does a...
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Line 1, column 276, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...population. The speaker does agree with some of the points mentioned in the passage but is ...
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Line 5, column 1, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...sed on re-examination done by him. The first factor stated in the passage is a...
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Line 5, column 387, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...g the natural food chains. There exists a equal balance between predators and pre...
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Line 17, column 49, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...he given speaker, although, agrees with some of the points mentioned in the given passage, ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, if, second, so, third, apart from
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 30.3222958057 171% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 5.01324503311 239% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1564.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 305.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.12786885246 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17902490978 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58511647648 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 151.0 145.348785872 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.495081967213 0.540411800872 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 477.9 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.010240718 49.2860985944 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.75 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.0625 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.625 7.06452816374 51% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.263604644278 0.272083759551 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.115329031332 0.0996497079465 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0960987832188 0.0662205650399 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.157525380699 0.162205337803 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0965024059337 0.0443174109184 218% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 13.3589403974 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.47 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.1 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 61.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.