Salmon evolving to get smaller due to early season fishing, study suggests

Salmon evolving to get smaller due to early season fishing, study suggests

By Mukul Sharma

Source: wionews

5/9/2024

Credit: Reuters

A study has revealed the way salmon caught at different points in time are evolving genetically due to fish-catching activities. Atlantic Salmon, caught when fish are migrating to spawn, are genetically different from their other counterparts elsewhere.

The study on wild salmon in the northern Baltic Sea pointed out that during the early part of the fishing season, fishing activity chiefly targets salmon carrying a "large salmon genetic variant."

Salmon, Atlantic

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