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Towards sustainability in world fisheries
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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, DFisheries 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.
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Publication title
NatureVolume
418Issue
6898Pagination
689-695ISSN
0028-0836Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Nature Publishing GroupPlace of publication
United KingdomRepository Status
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