Fisheries ecology: hunger for shark fin soup drives clam chowder off the menu.
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.
Brierley
Andrew S
AS
Pelagic Ecology Research Group, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK. asb4@st-and.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005398:Fisheries; D020387:Food Chain; D012754:Sharks