Over fishing tips scales towards a fish population of slow growing, couch potatoes

Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 10:55 in Biology & Nature

Fish populations around the world could soon be full of slow growing, unproductive 'couch potatoes' if the current levels of intensive fishing continue, according to new research. Scientists found that faster growing fish, regardless of their size, fall prey to fishing nets at twice the rate of slower growing fish.

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