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A Love Letter To The Ocean (2021)

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Taking a Precautionary Approach to Fishing

The anglerfish are like giant orgies. They release their sperm and eggs into the water, many of them form these annual, amazing, huge sex parties. While they're reproducing, let them reproduce. That's not a good time to come in and fish. It's easy because you can catch a lot of the biggest fish all at once. You're actually cutting off the ability of that population to make more fish for you next year.

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