The lazy fish may also "pass on their short-travel habits to their offspring, who will grow in numbers".
For bigeye tuna, the proportion of lazy fish is unknown, but "the point is that some will [stay within the reserve, and] they will produce more offspring during a longer life than those who don't," says fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Nothing could be easier on a lazy fishing day than trolling behind your boat with a spoon, plug or spinner lure.
He does not get his Living honestly... too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and, when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish... the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him... he is generally poor and often very lousy".
The river flowed so quickly we only needed to paddle three hours a day, allowing us to spend lazy mornings fishing and exploring the ridges and valleys around our campsites.
All in all it was lazy and relaxed fishing.
The feeling of atmosphere, the closely observed details of clothing, boat and tackle, nicely come together to evoke the lazy pleasures of fishing.
The Harlem Meer, in the northeastern corner of Central Park, has long been a refuge for city people looking to indulge their inner Huck Finns, whiling away a lazy summer afternoon fishing for bass, yellow perch and black crappies.
Indeed, over many years, modeling studies suggest the reserve could even encourage the evolution of "lazier" but healthier fish populations, says fish geneticist Jon Mee, a former colleague of Pauly's who is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary in Canada.
For others, John Policastro, the chef and owner of the Garden Café in Brooklyn, has devised a recipe for lazy man's "smoked fish," which revolves around a crucial ingredient: smoked salt ($9.75 for a sampler, www.salttraders.com).salttraders.com
And how fast those populations recover could depend partly on just how "lazy" some of the fish are.
