Wildlife Promise » Dalhousie University http://blog.nwf.org The National Wildlife Federation's blog Mon, 20 May 2013 21:27:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Some Good News For Ocean Fisheries http://blog.nwf.org/2009/07/some-good-news-for-ocean-fisheries/ http://blog.nwf.org/2009/07/some-good-news-for-ocean-fisheries/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:43:20 +0000 Kevin Coyle http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/2009/07/30/some-good-news-for-ocean-fisheries/ Read more >]]> Overfishing A new study finds some signs of recovery from overfishing in several areas around the globe.

Physorg.com reports:

Scientists have joined forces in a groundbreaking assessment on the status of marine fisheries and ecosystems. The two-year study, led by Boris Worm of Dalhousie University and Ray Hilborn of the University of Washington and including an international team of 19 co-authors, shows that steps taken to curb overfishing are beginning to succeed in five of the ten large marine ecosystems that they examined. The paper, which appears in the July 31 issue of the journal Science, provides new hope for rebuilding troubled fisheries.

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