Ocean Fishing May Spread 'Runt' Genes

So what remains in the ocean? Well, a bunch of genetic "runts." Little, scrawny fish that have gained an evolutionary advantage because they can slip through the nets and survive to have babies. Full Story »

Posted by Tori H.
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Member Tags: ocean fishing, natural selection, runt
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Posted by: Posted by Tori H. - Jun 3, 2006 - 1:24 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jun 3, 2006 - 12:11 PM PDT

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Adam Clifton
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by Adam Clifton - Oct. 1, 2008

An interesting article written about a gentlman running an experiment about ocean fishing and how it may affect the evolution of fish. An entertaining read, to be sure, but it really doesn't give the reader the breadth of the issue he/she would really need to understand the magnitude of the "problem."

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Tori H.
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by Tori H. - Oct. 1, 2008

Mr. Malakoff is reporting on his study of why fisheries have not rebounded despite moratoriums after over-fishing. That we downgrade the genetic pool when we take the biggest and the strongest of a species, leaving the small, weak or feeble to survive and breed, i.e. hunters who like to take the biggest bucks with the biggest racks, for example. Mr. Malakoff has seen that process will result in a rapid evolution that reduces a species to nothing but "runts."

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