Came across this in my daily Science Daily reading- keeping big fish

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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]That is utter nonsense! Does not work that way…all fish have the ability to grow based on the genes at birth (and the conditions they experience during life)

Really not utter nonsense. If a fish is big, it has the genetics and behavior traits to get big. The more it reproduces, the more big fish there will potentially be. Targeting big fish selects for a population of smaller fish. Lots of evidence in nature for this.