Increasing pressure to harvest small fish worries scientists–Seattle Times

As ocean scientists probe what ails some of the largest creatures in the sea, a wave of new research is urging them to look at the little things — specifically the tiny schooling fish like herring, smelt, sardines and squid that are the food of choice for many of the ocean’s top predators. But there is increasing pressure globally to harvest marine "forage fish" for everything from hog feed and fertilizer to fishmeal in tuna pens or as bait for recreational or commercial fishing. Craig Welch at theSeattle Times reports: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017762147_littlefish16m.html

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