Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history

23 Oct 05
Census of Marine Life

coml101705_1Seafood prices collected from U.S. restaurant menus dating to the 1850s will help plot the shifting harvest of marine species, according to a study to be announced at Oceans Past a Census of Marine Life conference in Denmark on the History of Marine Animal Populations.

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