News Summary November 7, 2017
Today's Main Story: The Blob to Blame for Declining Pacific Cod Stocks in Gulf of Alaska, Says NOAA
Today's lead item reports that the warm water that moved into the Gulf of Alaska in 2014, also known as “The Blob,” could be to blame for declining Pacific cod stocks. Doctor Steve Barbeaux, a research fisheries biologist at NOAA Fisheries, says that the food source was depleted due to the warming temperatures. Warmer water causes a fish’s metabolism to speed up, leading them to eat more. However, with less food around, the size of the fish got smaller. Natural mortality rates also “skyrocketed.”
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