A major problem affecting world fisheries today is overcapacity of which
overfishing is both a cause and a consequence. Subsidies are now widely
perceived as an underlying cause of overcapacity, the negative
environmental, social and economic effects of which can be masked by
increasing support from the government. Subsidies that...
The coastal ecosystem of the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) has been overfished and received a high level of
combined pollution in the past decades. The fisheries stock assessments have shown a declining
population and have led to a number of management measures, including fishing moratorium. This study
evaluated the effect...
There is increasing concern among fisheries scientists and managers over
the ecosystem effects of fisheries exploitation. This concern has been
motivated by several publications inferring that the structure of marine
ecosystems has been dramatically altered by historical patterns of fishing.
Among the most cited studies is the paper by Pauly...