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Using amount of fish caught as measure of fisheries health is misleading

By Sandra Hines

February 21, 2013

Do changes in the amount of fish caught necessarily reflect the number of fish in the sea? “No,” say UW researchers in a “Counterpoint” commentary in Nature.

Potential harvest of most fish stocks largely unrelated to abundance

By Sandra Hines

January 14, 2013

Fisheries managers should sharpen their ability to spot environmental conditions that hamper or help fish stocks, and not assume that abundance translates to sustainable harvest.