http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca Managing global ocean and freshwater resources for the future Mon, 14 May 2012 21:57:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/12/06/fishing-bank-account/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/12/06/fishing-bank-account/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:00:31 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1157 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/12/06/fishing-bank-account/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of: The Daily Mail A recent post on the Science Magazine news blog repeats a comment by Elliot Norse of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute. Regarding deep sea fisheries, Dr. Norse says: “A population of fish is like a bank account, and its productivity is like the interest it earns. In shallow waters, [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/11/27/pay-overfish-oceans/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/11/27/pay-overfish-oceans/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:05:37 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=827 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/11/27/pay-overfish-oceans/feed/ 0 Many of the world’s fish stocks are currently over-exploited and some, such as Canada’s Atlantic cod, have collapsed completely without much hope for renewal. There are many reasons why these stocks are in decline, however, there is one major factor that we have direct control over, yet fail to take action — government subsidies. The [...]