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COD, the fish that changed the world. Amazingly well written book. Apparently Cod used to be MUCH larger than it is today. for the same reason, they dont grow

• nemo44x 4y ago
  Many fish were much larger in the not so distant past. Marlin in Caribbean used to be huge compared to todays catch. Pictures from the 1950's and earlier, you see some just massive Marlin. They're big today but nothing like how they used to be. But we have a whole lot more people on the Earth today.
  • wahern 4y ago
    > "We are eating bait and moving on to jellyfish and plankton", [University of British Columbia fisheries scientist] Pauly said. http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/30/local/la-me-ocean30jul30 http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/30/local/la-me-ocean30j... (https://web.archive.org/web/20161010003945/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/30/local/la-me-ocean30jul30 https://web.archive.org/web/20161010003945/http://articles.l...), p3
    • disqard 4y ago
      Thank you for sharing those, esp. the one about Lyngbya majuscula blooms.
  • nickfromseattle 4y ago
    Here is an article that highlights this change. Just scroll the pictures, don't need to read the words. https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/02/05/257046530/big-fish-stories-getting-littler https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/02/05/257046530/b...