New study offers solution to global fisheries collapse

Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 13:56 in Biology & Nature

A study published in the September 19 issue of Science shows that an innovative yet contentious fisheries management strategy called "catch shares" can reverse fisheries collapse. Where traditional "open access" fisheries have converted to catch shares, both fishermen and the oceans have benefited.

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