Friday, 18 January 2013

Potential harvest of most fish stocks largely unrelated to abundance

Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 18, 2013



Fisheries managers should sharpen their ability to spot environmental conditions that hamper or help fish stocks, rather than assuming that having a certain abundance of fish assures how much can be sustainably harvested.

That's because the potential harvest of fish is only closely linked to abundance in 18 percent of 230 fish stocks assessed in a University of Washington-led study, ....