title: Fisheries ecology: hunger for shark fin soup drives clam chowder off the menu.
abstract: Removal by fishing of large sharks has reduced predation-pressure on shark prey and, via a trophic cascade, caused clam populations to crash. This indirect response illustrates why fisheries should be managed in a whole-ecosystem context.
authors.affiliation: Pelagic Ecology Research Group, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK. asb4@st-and.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Brierley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005398:Fisheries; D020387:Food Chain; D012754:Sharks