Global warming is causing a reduction fish size to reduce massively. A study has found that fish have lost half their average body mass and smaller species are making up a larger proportion of European fish stocks. “It’s huge,” said study author Martin Daufresne of the Cemagref Public Agricultural and Environmental Research Institute in Lyon, France. “Size is a fundamental characteristic that is linked to a number of biological functions, such as fecundity—the capacity to reproduce.” Grist
No doubt overfishing is also an important factor…
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