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Summary:
The big fishes have more values economically which means they sell at a better price, thus fish men hunt them but it is not a good thing especially with the big female fishes. When the big female fishes are being hunted, then it is not anymore fish babies because they tend to make more babies than the smaller fishes. BOFFFFs are these big, old, fat, fecund, female fishes, they contribute far more to future generations than other members of the population in account of they are the ones to produce offspring. The reason why they important to their community is because they can hold more eggs since they are bigger. The second reason is they can make bigger eggs in terms they give their growing babies a growth and development head start over larvae whose moms pack leaner lunch boxes. Older females spawn eggs in different locations and over longer periods of time than younger females that way BOFFFFs produce high numbers of batches over extend spawning seasons than smaller/younger females. Thus, they are always the ones that people want to catch. Humans use different fishing gears for fishery but none of them are good for the BOFFFFS. The first method is nets which allows smaller fish to swim free while entrapping the larger individuals. The second method is targeting specific habitats can also lead to a disproportionate take of larger, older fish—like us, grownup fish tend to hang out in different locations than juveniles or young adults. The last method is trawls.
The loss of BOFFFFs changes the genetic structure of a population.
The big fishes have more values economically which means they sell at a better price, thus fish men hunt them but it is not a good thing especially with the big female fishes. When the big female fishes are being hunted, then it is not anymore fish babies because they tend to make more babies than the smaller fishes. BOFFFFs are these big, old, fat, fecund, female fishes, they contribute far more to future generations than other members of the population in account of they are the ones to produce offspring. The reason why they important to their community is because they can hold more eggs since they are bigger. The second reason is they can make bigger eggs in terms they give their growing babies a growth and development head start over larvae whose moms pack leaner lunch boxes. Older females spawn eggs in different locations and over longer periods of time than younger females that way BOFFFFs produce high numbers of batches over extend spawning seasons than smaller/younger females. Thus, they are always the ones that people want to catch. Humans use different fishing gears for fishery but none of them are good for the BOFFFFS. The first method is nets which allows smaller fish to swim free while entrapping the larger individuals. The second method is targeting specific habitats can also lead to a disproportionate take of larger, older fish—like us, grownup fish tend to hang out in different locations than juveniles or young adults. The last method is trawls.
The loss of BOFFFFs changes the genetic structure of a population.
Reflection:
The loss of BOFFFFs are hurting ecosystem. All of us are hunting for the bigger fishes because they have more economic value than the smaller fishes and then the problems start to surface. Bigger fishes tend to have more babies than the smaller fishes and pack growing larvae with more energy reserves in the form of yolk. They get big mama fishes by netting, trawling and targeting specifically. People keep killing these big female fishes which means it will not have enough amount of fishes since smaller fishes tend to make fewer babies and less adults to spawn fish. The absence of big mama fish leads to the change of genetic structure of a population. Therefore, what we can do to prevent happening is to educate the importance of big mama fish and advertisements all over the world.
The loss of BOFFFFs are hurting ecosystem. All of us are hunting for the bigger fishes because they have more economic value than the smaller fishes and then the problems start to surface. Bigger fishes tend to have more babies than the smaller fishes and pack growing larvae with more energy reserves in the form of yolk. They get big mama fishes by netting, trawling and targeting specifically. People keep killing these big female fishes which means it will not have enough amount of fishes since smaller fishes tend to make fewer babies and less adults to spawn fish. The absence of big mama fish leads to the change of genetic structure of a population. Therefore, what we can do to prevent happening is to educate the importance of big mama fish and advertisements all over the world.