Slow Recovery for Shrinking Fish

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 20:21 in Biology & Nature

As people continue to go after the biggest fish in the sea, global fisheries are shrinking--both in number and the actual body size of their catches. But that rapid evolution can be reversed, according to a new 10-year study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. [More] Presented By: Kingdom of the Blue Whale ? Sun Mar 8 8P Blue whales are the planet?s largest creatures, yet we hardly ever see them. Their calls travel thousands of miles, but we can barely hear them. Now, National Geographic embarks on a mission to witness what nobody ever has in these waters; blue whales eating and giving birth.Click to Learn More natgeotv.com/bluewhale   Ads by Pheedo

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