Dr Steven Mackinson: Industry helping scientists find out if there are plenty more fish in the sea
Good governance of our fisheries is essential if we are to ensure a sustainable future – but to manage stocks effectively we need as much scientific information as possible about their status and current trends.
But this costs money and resources – something which is inevitably limited. The end-result is that if our knowledge of a particular fish stock is scant, then poor management decisions are made, which is bad for the stock, and bad for fishermen and society as a whole.
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