Spying on Fish Love Calls Could Help Protect Them from Overfishing

June 13, 2017 • by Marc Airhart

The researchers developed the method specifically for the Gulf corvina, a popular fish in Mexico’s Gulf of California

Illustration of scientists in a boat dangling a microphone in the water with fish nearby making sounds

Marine scientists have discovered a way to use the incredibly loud, distinctive sounds that fish make when they gather to spawn--not to catch them but to protect them. Illustration credit: Jenna Luecke/Univ. of Texas at Austin.


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