08-30-2019, 01:26 PM
[quote catchinon] If I were to take home a really nice-sized cat it would take over a dozen years to replace it. Fifteen years to grow a chart-topper is a long time. Wonder how much I'll weigh 15 years from now at the rate I'm going.[/quote]
IN a healthy system, though, that is not at all true. To replace that fish, you would only need the next year class of fish. IN other words, the 15-year old fish, assuming it spawned successfully (regardless of whether it is male or female) will have laid the foundation for future year classes of fish. So, a 14-year old fish will quickly take its place.
The idea that it would take 15 years to replace it is only true if there are no other fish out there.
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IN a healthy system, though, that is not at all true. To replace that fish, you would only need the next year class of fish. IN other words, the 15-year old fish, assuming it spawned successfully (regardless of whether it is male or female) will have laid the foundation for future year classes of fish. So, a 14-year old fish will quickly take its place.
The idea that it would take 15 years to replace it is only true if there are no other fish out there.
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