Rutgers: Overfishing of Atlantic Cod Likely Did Not Cause Genetic Changes
April 06, 2021
April 06, 2021
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 6 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic cod, an iconic species, to evolve genetically and mature earlier, according to a study led by Rutgers University and the University of Oslo - the first of its kind - with major implications for ocean conservation.
"Evolution has been used in part as an excuse for why cod and other species have not recovered from overfishing,&quo . . .
Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic cod, an iconic species, to evolve genetically and mature earlier, according to a study led by Rutgers University and the University of Oslo - the first of its kind - with major implications for ocean conservation.
"Evolution has been used in part as an excuse for why cod and other species have not recovered from overfishing,&quo . . .