Thin the prey to benefit the predator? Somehow it sounds all wrong, but Swedish scientists suggest it’s one way to reestablish a predatory fish whose numbers have dwindled.

Scientists found that culling older, larger prey fish can lead to more small fish for predators to dine on, even though the overall number of prey decline.

Makes a fellow wonder, as with the ongoing issues with Lake Davis and Northern Pike, would the converse also be true? Introduce huge trout too big for the Pike to eat, and their numbers will decrease…

Then again, if there was a decline in Pike numbers it could be because they ate the “too big” trout anyway’s, but ruptured something serious in the process.

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