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[News] Historical Photographs Expose Decline In Florida's Reef Fish, Study Finds


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Historical Photographs Expose Decline In Florida's Reef Fish, Study Finds

ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2009) — A unique study by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has provided fresh evidence of fishing's impact on marine ecosystems. Scripps Oceanography graduate student researcher Loren McClenachan accessed archival photographs spanning more than five decades to analyze and calculate a drastic decline of so-called "trophy fish" caught around coral reefs surrounding Key West, Florida.

 

Historical Photographs Expose Decline In Florida's Reef Fish, Study Finds

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