The Sunken Billions Revisited : Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries

Global marine fisheries are in crisis: 90 percent are fully fished and overfished. The result is lost economic benefits of approximately $83 billion a year ---the “sunken billions” of the title. Reducing overfishing would allow severely overexploited fish stocks to recover over time. Subsequently,...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Book
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
Subjects:	FISHERIES GLOBAL FISHERIES REGIONAL FISHERIES FISHERIES CRISIS OVERFISHING FISHERIES OVERCAPACITY FISHERIES REFORM FISHERIES GOVERNANCE GLOBAL FISHING FLEET GLOBAL FISHING EFFORT FISHERS FISH STOCKS RECOVERY SUSTAINABLE FISHING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
Online Access:	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/347431487184280381/the-sunken-billions-revisited-progress-and-challenges-in-global-marine-fisheries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24056

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spelling	okr-10986-240562021-04-23T14:04:19Z The Sunken Billions Revisited : Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries World Bank FISHERIES GLOBAL FISHERIES REGIONAL FISHERIES FISHERIES CRISIS OVERFISHING FISHERIES OVERCAPACITY FISHERIES REFORM FISHERIES GOVERNANCE GLOBAL FISHING FLEET GLOBAL FISHING EFFORT FISHERS FISH STOCKS RECOVERY SUSTAINABLE FISHING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS Global marine fisheries are in crisis: 90 percent are fully fished and overfished. The result is lost economic benefits of approximately $83 billion a year ---the “sunken billions” of the title. Reducing overfishing would allow severely overexploited fish stocks to recover over time. Subsequently, the combination of larger fish stocks and reduced but sustainable fishing activities would lead to higher economic yields. However, to reach that equilibrium, comprehensive and coordinated reforms are necessary. The Sunken Billions Revisited: Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries builds on The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform, a 2009 study published by the World Bank and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, but with a deeper regional analysis. 2016-04-13T16:35:42Z 2016-04-13T16:35:42Z 2017-02 Book https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/347431487184280381/the-sunken-billions-revisited-progress-and-challenges-in-global-marine-fisheries 978-1-4648-0919-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24056 English en_US Environment and Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publication Publications & Research
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topic	FISHERIES GLOBAL FISHERIES REGIONAL FISHERIES FISHERIES CRISIS OVERFISHING FISHERIES OVERCAPACITY FISHERIES REFORM FISHERIES GOVERNANCE GLOBAL FISHING FLEET GLOBAL FISHING EFFORT FISHERS FISH STOCKS RECOVERY SUSTAINABLE FISHING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
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description	Global marine fisheries are in crisis: 90 percent are fully fished and overfished. The result is lost economic benefits of approximately $83 billion a year ---the “sunken billions” of the title. Reducing overfishing would allow severely overexploited fish stocks to recover over time. Subsequently, the combination of larger fish stocks and reduced but sustainable fishing activities would lead to higher economic yields. However, to reach that equilibrium, comprehensive and coordinated reforms are necessary. The Sunken Billions Revisited: Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries builds on The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform, a 2009 study published by the World Bank and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, but with a deeper regional analysis.
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title	The Sunken Billions Revisited : Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries
title_short	The Sunken Billions Revisited : Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries
title_full	The Sunken Billions Revisited : Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries
title_fullStr	The Sunken Billions Revisited : Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries
title_full_unstemmed	The Sunken Billions Revisited : Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries
title_sort	sunken billions revisited : progress and challenges in global marine fisheries
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2016
url	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/347431487184280381/the-sunken-billions-revisited-progress-and-challenges-in-global-marine-fisheries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24056
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The Sunken Billions Revisited : Progress and Challenges in Global Marine Fisheries

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