The cumulative global loss of economic potential from fisheries over the
last 30 years is US $3 trillion. More than half of these fishery sector losses
come from developing countries. However, these are only primary costs
and do not take into account human security risks associated with poorly
governed fisheries....
How do fishermen choose where to fish? A logistic random utility model
(RUM) of fisher location choice by beam trawlers in the southwest of
England was used to help answer this question. The RUM was
parameterised using data from the EU vessel monitoring system, the UK
logbook Fishing Activity database...
The ‘blob’ of anomalously warm surface water that persisted in the North Pacific Ocean from 2013-2016 resulted in a massive harmful algal bloom (HAB) of Pseudo-nitzschia along the entire U.S. west coast. The bloom produced record-breaking concentrations of domoic acid, a marine neurotoxin, that contaminated seafood and necessitated fisheries harvest...