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

23 Oct 05
Census of Marine Life

Seafood 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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