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The ocean is not a limitless larder, yet for decades fisheries management has operated as if it were. The ethical question is no longer whether to ref...
Most fisheries reform efforts fail not because the science is wrong, but because the harvest model ignores the human and ecological feedback loops tha...
The ocean has its own clock. For generations, we have tried to speed it up—hatcheries, artificial reefs, feedlots—but the results are mixed. Meanwhile...
Introduction: Why Catch Limits Are Not EnoughConventional fisheries management has long relied on catch limits as the primary tool for sustainability....
Who Must Choose and By When The central question for fishery governance today is not whether to manage for maximum yield, but whether to manage for ec...
When a fishery collapses, the instinct is to act: set quotas, stock hatchery-raised juveniles, close zones, or install artificial reefs. These interve...