Overfishing has led to wildly unbalanced ecosystem
(NEWSER) - Want to help restore the ocean’s severely unbalanced ecoysystem? Develop a taste for anchovies and sardines. A new study shows that a worldwide appetite for smaller, “grazing” fish would do wonders to restore balance after years of overfishing the more popular, and larger, varieties. Humans tend to like tuna, cod, and other predatory fish from the top of the food chain, the Independent reports. But after years of eating those varieties, their numbers are in a catastrophic decline, having fallen by two-thirds over the past century. More»
