Froese Report Factsheet – Towards the Recovery of European Fisheries
Factsheet containing the most important facts and figures from the report conducted by Dr. Rainer Froese on the state of EU fisheries
Factsheet containing the most important facts and figures from the report conducted by Dr. Rainer Froese on the state of EU fisheries
Executive Summary Stock assessments are presented for 397 stocks in 14 European ecoregions, from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea. Surplus production modeling was used to estimate fisheries reference points in a maximum sustainable yield (MSY) framework. Fishing pressure and biomass were estimated from 2000 to the last year with available data (2013-2015). Results … Read more
If you had power, knew that an important renewable natural resource was at great risk and the only way to save it was to temporarily halt its exploitation, what would you do? The answer seems obvious: a temporary sacrifice can save us from a far more drastic future. A state of denial only postpones and … Read more