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Deep impact of fisheries

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In many fish stocks, older and larger fish are found in deeper waters compared with younger individuals. This concept of ontogenetic deepening is now proposed to be a result of harvesting rather than a natural phenomenon.

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Fig. 1: Processes that could lead to apparent or real ontogenetic deepening.

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    Asta Audzijonyte & Gretta T. Pecl

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Audzijonyte, A., Pecl, G.T. Deep impact of fisheries. Nat Ecol Evol 2, 1348–1349 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0653-9

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