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.
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."
