In many fisheries, fishermen can only catch fish above a certain size. The premise is that this gives the small, immature fish time to grow up and breed before they’re caught.
But what if, in response, fish have adapted to mature and reproduce earlier instead of growing large at all? Read a great feature on the question at Nature News.
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