Where results make sense  Topic: Sardine  In the News (Thu 25
Dec 14)  However the influential sardine industry lobby, with
the support of the US Department of Fisheries, was able to
present scientists to testify that the fluctuations in
population were the result of natural phenomenon and not the
result of any human impact. With a decline in the population of
the California sardine came an increase in the population of its
primary competitor the anchovy. Because the sardine and the
anchovy are in direct competition for food the loss of the
sardine species has resulted in an increase in the complimentary
species the anchovy. www.american.edu /TED/sardine.htm  
(3338 words)    Pacific Sardine: BC Seafood Online While Pacific
sardines can grow to 35.5 cm (14 inches) long and weigh between
100 grams (4 ounces) and 500 grams (1 lb), in 2001 the harvested
sardines in British Columbia, weighed an average of 150 grams
(1/3 lb) and measured an average standard length of 23 cm (9
inches). To prepare a whole, round sar