Trophy fish now would have been bait-size decades ago

OK, here's the post about the fish. A creative graduate student, Loren McClenachan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, documented the decline in the size of fish caught sportfishing off of Florida over several decades -- starting in the 1950s. See, when the sportfishing captains came home for the day, they showed off what their clients caught and took pictures of 'em. McClenachan's photo compilation, examining nearly 1300 fish, showed clearly the decline in the size of the fish. It's stunning -- and it's exactly what the late Ransom Myers described.


It's sad. Eat mor chikn (and turkey). Read more about it:

Photos trace Florida reef fish decline

Historical photographs expose decline in Florida’s reef fish

The picture at left is from the latter article. 1957 at top, early 1980s in the middle, and 2007 at bottom.

Sad... and stunning. Undeniable.