This could call into question every study ever done with sturgeon ages. I may be able to go back and adjust ages and get true mortality rates for the past 60 years. Because we know how many were harvested each year, we'll be able to know how many die from natural causes every year and how that changes over time.
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We'll count the rings and that will tell us the fish is 20 years old, but it was already 35 inches long when we captured it 20 years ago.
This could call into question every study ever done with sturgeon ages. I may be able to go back and adjust ages and get true mortality rates for the past 60 years. Because we know how many were harvested each year, we'll be able to know how many die from natural causes every year and how that changes over time.
It's kind of Mother's Nature's way of balancing things out. The exploitation rate will be very low this year, which is good for the population. It hastens the rebuilding process.
This quote is just one of 9 total Ron Bruch quotes in our collection. Ron Bruch is known for saying 'This could call into question every study ever done with sturgeon ages. I may be able to go back and adjust ages and get true mortality rates for the past 60 years. Because we know how many were harvested each year, we'll be able to know how many die from natural causes every year and how that changes over time.' as well as some of the following quotes.