Monsoon Rainfall, Ocean Changes Influence Sardine Boom, Study Finds

Scientists studied why there were suddenly lots of young sardines near Kerala.

They found that more rain and changes in the ocean helped tiny plants grow, which the baby sardines ate.

This caused a big increase in the number of sardines.

However, since there were so many, they didn't grow as well, and the price of sardines went down, causing problems for the fishers.

The study recommends that we develop methods to forecast how many sardines there will be and set rules on how many can be caught to protect the fish and the people who depend on them.