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Towards sustainability in world fisheries

journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 17:06 authored by Pauly, D, Christensen, V, Guenette, S, Pitcher, TJ, Sumaila, UR, Walters, CJ, Reginald WatsonReginald Watson, Zeller, D
Fisheries have rarely been 'sustainable'. Rather, fishing has induced serial depletions, long masked by improved technology, geographic expansion and exploitation of previously spurned species lower in the food web. With global catches declining since the late 1980s, continuation of present trends will lead to supply 'shortfall, for which aquaculture cannot be expected to compensate, and may well exacerbate. Reducing fishing capacity to appropriate levels will require strong reductions of subsidies. Zoning the oceans into unfished marine reserves and areas with limited levels of fishing effort would allow sustainable fisheries, based on resources embedded in functional, diverse ecosystems.

History

Publication title

Nature

Volume

418

Issue

6898

Pagination

689-695

ISSN

0028-0836

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)