Fish population growth depends on older mothers, which in some species produce more and ‘better’ offspring than younger fish. When fisheries remove the most productive females, the whole population suffers.
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Palumbi, S. Why mothers matter. Nature 430, 621–622 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/430621a
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