Overfishing is depleting many fish populations, and because of fishers’ preferences for large predator fish and practices that favor the removal of large predator fish, the fish population is starting to become small fish over larger.
Studies show that with fewer big fish, there is less carbon stored in the ocean which can really impact our climate. "The less fish there are, means less net uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by surface waters and more greenhouse gases to warm the atmosphere."
http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/animals-make-a-difference/
Hi Aimee, was this post an expansion on your last? I counted them as one post as they seemed to be on the same issue and this post doesn't link to an article.
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