Wednesday, April 7, 2010

How quickly can we overfish these?

If you haven't seen it, SciGuy has pictures of the monster isopod that was captured on an ROV expedition in the Gulf of Mexico.

The article says these things are eaten in Taiwan. OK, how long does it take for a deep-sea creature like that to grow that size, and how quickly will they get overfished when word of this delicacy goes global?

I'd sure like to know any estimate of population numbers on these things.

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