Expert task force recommends halving global fishing for crucial prey species
Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
Fishing for herring, anchovy, and other "forage fish" in general should be cut in half globally to account for their critical role as food for larger species, recommends an expert group of marine scientists.
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