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Old 09-15-2010, 10:31 AM   #7
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Still don't get why a big fish is such a more significant breeder than a mid 30 inch fish that has its longer life ahead of it to breed.... Human females produce a finite number of eggs in their lifecycle, and then no more. (learned this from ten years of infertility when I was married)Why would this not be true with fish?
I think the logic is that a large fish is a "survivor" with strong genes to pass on to the future. Darwin's theory. Large fish presumably got that way by being stronger, smarter and some resistance to disease.

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