The Illusion of Infinite Catch: Why Nature’s Wing Span Matters in Fishing
fishing is often imagined as a battle against nature’s limits, yet the truth lies in understanding the delicate balance shaped by evolution. **Wing span**—a natural measure of flight and glide—serves as a powerful metaphor for ecological scale and catchable thresholds. Just as a bird’s wings determine its flight path and escape potential, fish rely on their fin structure and movement patterns to evade predators and human nets. In the Mediterranean, ancient fishing wisdom recognized that every fish’s flight and escape window is finite, rooted in biological design. This historical insight reveals that **natural limits** are not barriers to catch, but guardrails ensuring survival. When modern nets exceed these limits, they disrupt not only target species but entire food webs—a warning written in water.