All the fish in the sea: Maximum sustainable yield and the failure of fisheries management
Finley, C. (2011). All the fish in the sea: Maximum sustainable yield and the failure of fisheries management. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London. ISBN 978-0-226-24966-7. xii, 210 pp.
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VLIZ: Fisheries Science FIS.112 [103058]
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Fisheries management
Maximum sustainable yield
Marine/Coastal |
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Between 1949 and 1955, the State Department pushed for an international fisheries policy grounded in maximum sustainable yield (MSY). The concept is based on a confidence that scientists can predict, theoretically, the largest catch that can be taken from a species’ stock over an indefinite period. And while it was modified in 1996 with passage of the Sustained Fisheries Act, MSY is still at the heart of modern American fisheries management. As fish populations continue to crash, however, it is clear that MSY is itself not sustainable. Indeed, the concept has been widely criticized by scientists for ignoring several key factors in fisheries management and has led to the devastating collapse of many fisheries. |
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