Rebuilding Global Fisheries

TLDR

The debate over the future of the world's fisheries includes predictions of complete collapse and opposing views that challenge this outlook. The authors conduct a quantitative review to evaluate evidence for global rebuilding of marine capture fisheries and their supporting ecosystems. They compare regions managed for rebuilding with those that are not, analyzing trajectories of decline and recovery from individual stocks to species, communities, and large marine ecosystems. Successful management solutions for rebuilding fisheries and ecosystems involve both large- and small-scale fisheries worldwide. The paper cites Worm et al.

Abstract

Fighting for Fisheries In the debate concerning the future of the world's fisheries, some have forecasted complete collapse but others have challenged this view. The protagonists in this debate have now joined forces to present a thorough quantitative review of current trends in world fisheries. Worm et al. (p. 578 ) evaluate the evidence for a global rebuilding of marine capture fisheries and their supporting ecosystems. Contrasting regions that have been managed for rebuilding with those that have not, reveals trajectories of decline and recovery from individual stocks to species, communities, and large marine ecosystems. The management solutions that have been most successful for rebuilding fisheries and ecosystems, include both large- and small-scale fisheries around the world.