Protection from fishing improves body growth of an exploited species
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1718
Abstract: Hunting and fishing are often size-selective, which favours slow body growth. In addition, fast growth rate has been shown to be positively correlated with behavioural traits that increase encounter rates and catchability in passive fishing… read more here.
Keywords: growth; fishing improves; protection fishing; body growth ... See more keywords