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Published online 23 October 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051017-20
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Old menus reveal collapse of fish stocks
Price rises track dwindling of delicacies such as lobster.
Fisheries experts are using old restaurant menus to piece together how the world's seafood stocks have declined over the past century and a half. Prices dating back to the 1850s highlight the growing scarcity of foods such as lobster, swordfish and oysters.
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