Each team must analyze data and make decisions. The pace is quick.
Negotiations become intense.
Fish Banks has engrossed students across the country and around the world. Whether the participants are high school students, college environmental-science majors, or Latvian government officials, the game is always exciting. Like real business executives, the teams of students need to seek out and make strategic use of available information. A computer program calculates all their financial transactions and tracks the status of the fish population, based on fish catch, births, and deaths. The company managers must contend with ecological, economic, and psychological forces.