Finally, some good news about seafood.
After more than a decade of reporting on the collapse of various fisheries around the world, I must confess that it feels a little strange to be writing a good-news story.
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But in a study published in the July 31 issue of Science magazine, Mike Fogarty of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center at Woods Hole, MA, and 20 co-authors found convincing evidence that efforts to rebuild depleted fisheries are starting to pay off. In five of the ten large ocean ecosystems they studied around the globe, efforts to reduce overfishing are succeeding, the researchers reported.
Fogarty points out that while it is difficult to strike a balance between fishing and conservation, a number of fisheries have been able to make it work. “Many of the world’s fisheries have a long history of overexploitation,” he said in a press release. “Different management tools are needed, depending on the situation, to restore marine ecosystems and rebuild fisheries. It takes time. Sometimes the steps to get to recovery are painful, but the dividends at the end make it worthwhile.”
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