UW News
Michael Melnychuk
January 11, 2021
More management measures lead to healthier fish populations
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Fish populations tend to do better in places where rigorous fisheries management practices are used, and the more measures employed, the better for fish populations and food production, according to a new paper published Jan. 11 in Nature Sustainability.
December 19, 2016
Investing in fisheries management improves fish populations
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Research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that successful fisheries management can be best achieved by implementing and enforcing science-based catch or effort limits.