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/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 [...]