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Logistic Model with Harvesting Model Here, we will talk about a model for the growth and harvesting of a ?sh population. Suppose that, absent any ?shermen, the population grows logistically. That is, dN  N  = rN 1 ? , dt K where N(t) is the abundance of ?sh, K 0 is the maximum population that the environment can support (called the carrying capacity) and r 0 is the maximum growth rate. Remember that these are all, at least in principle, measurable parame- ters. If we let the population grow for a while undisturbed, it should approach some constant abundance K. If we look at a very small population (say by isolating a few ?sh), we can measure r by counting how many are left at the end of one year. The units for these values are as follows: N = # of ?sh (unitless), K = # of ?sh (unitless), r = # of ?sh/time = time?1. Now suppose that people exert a constant amount of e?ort harvesting ?sh. This means that they will reduce the growth rate of the ?sh by some amount. In particular, we will assume this reduction in growth rate is of the form ?qEN. Here E is the amount of e?ort exerted per time. (The units for e?ort end up not mattering. One reasonable choice is total ?shing hours.) The parameter q is called the catchability coe?cient. It is the fraction of the total population caught for every unit of e?ort exerted. In our model, we assume that both q and E are constant. That is, they depend on neither time nor ?sh density. The units for our parameters are therefore q = fraction/e?ort, E = e?ort/time. This means that qEN has units of # of ?sh/time, just like the other terms in the model. To simplify matters, we will de?ne h ≡ qE. Our ?nal equation is therefore dN  N