We compile global data to examine the current status, trends, threats, and opportunities in
the world's wild-capture fisheries. We find that global fisheries have largely diverged—well …

While the science supporting fisheries management has generally been dominated by the
natural sciences, there has been a growing recognition that managing fisheries essentially …

Fish are one of the most important global food sources, supplying a significant share of the
world's protein consumption. From stocks of wild Alaskan salmon and North Sea cod to …

The world faces major risks in ensuring the sustainability and on-going socio-economic
benefits from its marine capture fisheries (MCFs). Key drivers of risks for MCFs include …

Increasingly, social considerations are having an influence on fisheries policy as well as day-
to-day management decision making. Social objectives, unlike economic or conservation …

The concept of seafood sustainability does not typically include the energetic or material
demands of the capture or supply chain processes, despite the significant impacts they …

Globally, overexploitation of fishery stocks is a complex problem aggravated by climate
change's effects. The green abalone in Mexico is an overexploited fishery, resulting in …

Management of fisheries for sustainability requires dealing with multiple and often conflicting
objectives. A stochastic viability approach is proposed to address the trade-offs associated …

Water rights law and corresponding markets exist to promote economic water resource use
efficiency by permitting water rights holders to trade allocations. In some regions, hydrologic …

Fisheries can generate substantial economic returns to society if managed with economic
targets as the main objective, that is with biomass, catch, and effort levels that correspond to …