TY - JOUR
T1 - The Future for Fisheries
AU - Pauly, Daniel
AU - Alder, Jackie
AU - Bennett, Elena
AU - Christensen, Villy
AU - Tyedmers, Peter
AU - Watson, Reg
PY - 2003/11/21
Y1 - 2003/11/21
N2 - Formal analyses of long-term global marine fisheries prospects have yet to be performed, because fisheries research focuses on local, species-specific management issues. Extrapolation of present trends implies expansion of bottom fisheries into deeper waters, serious impact on biodiversity, and declining global catches, the last possibly aggravated by fuel cost increases. Examination of four scenarios, covering various societal development choices, suggests that the negative trends now besetting fisheries can be turned around, and their supporting ecosystems rebuilt, at least partly.
AB - Formal analyses of long-term global marine fisheries prospects have yet to be performed, because fisheries research focuses on local, species-specific management issues. Extrapolation of present trends implies expansion of bottom fisheries into deeper waters, serious impact on biodiversity, and declining global catches, the last possibly aggravated by fuel cost increases. Examination of four scenarios, covering various societal development choices, suggests that the negative trends now besetting fisheries can be turned around, and their supporting ecosystems rebuilt, at least partly.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1088667
DO - 10.1126/science.1088667
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14631031
AN - SCOPUS:0344012628
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 302
SP - 1359
EP - 1361
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5649
ER -
