New England waters are teeming with fish species. The problem is we eat too few of them.
And while phytoplankton soup isn’t likely to appear on many menus anytime soon, Lucey explains that as certain species dissipate, others come in to fill their niche. Cod may eventually be replaced by another species like spiny dogfish, for example. “The ecosystem itself is pretty resilient,” he says. It’s consumers who can be more resistant to change.
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