what relationship strength and direction does this suggest for the variables?

Manatees are large, gentle, slow-moving sea mammals found off along the coast of Florida. Many are killed by motorboats. The following table shows the number of boats (in thousands) registered in Florida and the number of manatees killed by boats for specific years. Let the number of boats ( in thousands) be x, and the number of killed manatees be y. Year Boats Manatees 1980 436 11 1985 526 37 1990 701 45 1995 713 86 2000 895 96 2005 1010 107 2010 914 69 O L O W 67%