Marine Biodiversity Tradeoffs: Can Fishing Ever Be Sustainable?
May 14, 2021 12:40 AM EDT (Photo : Peter Simons) (Photo : Francesco Ungaro ) In so-called mixed-stock fisheries, often, Pacific salmon fisheries capture fish from various stocks (management units), sometimes reflecting locally-adapted species. During their migration along the coast, fish are intercepted in the ocean before returning to various rivers to spawn. To investigate how to fish biodiversity inside mixed-stock fisheries affects both fishery success and conservation threats, the researchers used computer simulations of hypothetical fisheries and case studies of three actual sockeye sal...