And that was the beginning of a kind of serial depletion from bigger and tastier species to smaller and not-so-tasty species, from species that were near to home to species that were all around the world, and what have you.
И это было только началом последовательного истощения от больших и вкусных до мелких и не таких-уж-вкусных видов. От видов находящихся неподалёку до видов водящихся по всему миру. и так далее.