Study: Catch share system may prevent overfishing
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 15:56
in Biology & Nature
One way to help prevent overfishing may be to guarantee each fisherman a specified share of the catch, according to a new report. Collapse of fish stocks is much less common in areas where "catch share" fishing is practiced than in other regions, researchers say in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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