Forage fish - At the base of the marine food chain

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Forage fish are small fishes that feed on planktons at the base of the food chain and are consumed by larger fishes, marine mammals such as dolphins and seals, as well as seabirds. They compensate for their small size by living in schools which may become huge shoals that move along coastlines or migrate across oceans. The catch of forage fish accounted for around 37% by weight of the global fish harvest in the first decade of the 21st century - most of them being used to feed other fishes and sea animals in aquacultures or being processed as food and nutritional supplements for other animals...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9786130129972
• ISBN: 978-613-0-12997-2
• No. of pages: 140
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food