it is 2017, and you work for a prestigious man- management consultant firm whose client is a large agribusiness company that is considering acquiring an ownership stake in several u.s. yellow perch farming operations. (the yellow perch is a fresh fish found in the united states and raised commercially for sale as food.) as a member of the consulting team working on this project, you have been assigned the task of understanding why the u.s. farm-raised perch industry has evolved as it has over the last six years.