Small fish are just as susceptible to population collapse as their larger cousins, US research has found. A study of more than 200 fisheries found that small species such as sardines or anchovies can in fact be twice as susceptible to large-scale decline as tuna or sharks. This runs contrary to previous assumptions about fish stocks in the oceans.
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