The Drake

Love on the Rocks

HEN ANGLERS SEE POPULATIONS of many fish in a particular area, they will sometimes say things like, “the fish here are fine, I see tons of them!” Problem is, by the time we actually notice declines in a fishery, the damage has often already been done, even if the

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