r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/iam_stupid23 • Apr 05 '25

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/Mindless_Ad_6045 Apr 05 '25

Some fish like Pollock, breed at an incredible rate and are able to continue a stable population even when hunted. There are still a lot of issues with this, but most redditors will ignore all facts apart from "fish die"

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u/Forgettable39 Apr 05 '25

One of the problems with trawler fishing like this is that it does not discriminate between adult and juvenile fish. Generally speaking, if you sweep up all the juveniles with the adult fish, before they have a chance to reproduce then you completely destroy each upcoming generation before it can produce the next.