The life-histories of pike adjust quickly to shifts in the opposing forces of fishing and natural selection. Such rapid changes suggest that evolutionary dynamics must be incorporated into fisheries management.
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Conover, D. Nets versus nature. Nature 450, 179–180 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/450179a
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