Improving estimates of the state of global fisheries depends on better data
A summary of Ovando et al. (2021) "Improving estimates of the state of global fisheries depends on better data"
There is a saying adapted from the fisheries scientist John Shepherd that managing fisheries is just like managing trees except they move and you can’t see them. This means that actually figuring out how many fish are in the water can be very difficult, and determining what sustainable levels of harvest are likely to be even more challenging. In Ovando et al. (2021), we looked at the potential for models based largely on the volume and shape a fisheries catch history to estimate the state of…
