The Potential for Global Fish Recovery: How Effective Fisheries Management can Increase Abundance, Yield and Value

Beyond food and job security, fishing economies add billions to global GDP. But this segment of the blue economy has long been overlooked because the dominant view about the future of the oceans has been so bleak. New groundbreaking research shows that poorly performing fisheries can be turned around fast. Scientists and economists from UC Santa Barbara, EDF, and the University of Washington have teamed up to create a new “upside” bio-economic model that gives the most holistic view to date of the potential benefits to be gained from the oceans, if sustainable fishing becomes the norm.