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When hurricanes temporarily halt fishing, marine food webs recover quickly

  • Written by Lee Smee, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
imageHurricane Harvey set up a rare natural experiment to study the effects of fishing.NOAA via Wikipedia

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Fishing has a strong impact on coastal marine food webs, but it’s a hard effect to measure. When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in 2017, it temporarily halted fishing...

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