Why fishing magnifies fluctuations in fish abundance
In a recent Nature article, Dr Christian NK Anderson of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and colleagues found that fished populations can fluctuate more than unharvested stocks. While they are unsure as to why, they have ruled out some possible explanations through this study.
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