Comments on: Larger Fish Produce Hardier Offspring http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/11/26/larger-fish-produce-hardier-offspring/ Advancing ecology and making it count Mon, 20 May 2013 14:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: migratingfishswim http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/11/26/larger-fish-produce-hardier-offspring/#comment-302 migratingfishswim Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/blog/2008/11/26/larger-fish-produce-hardier-offspring/#comment-302 Thanks for a great post.

Yes, I have often wondered at the wisdom of catching the larger fish when it’s been known for a while that they’re often the most fecund.

I wonder if this is a case of mis-applying scientific knowledge from a different area?

It would be a sweeping generalisation to state either way on European fishing practices.

The CFP needs to be overhauled on the basis of scientific evidence, but I think us scientists would do well to increase our work with people whose livelihoods depend on fisheries, in order to build a consensus which governments and the large fishing companies can’t argue out of.

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