LEAD ARTICLE: FISHING INTO THE FUTURE
Fishing into the Future
An introduction to
Sustainable Fishing By Kirsten Milliken
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In a darkened room, fishermen are hunched over a map indicating the locations and size of available fish stocks; they are all deep in thought. At the front an official is reading results, “OK” she says. “This season plaice quota will be reduced by half because the stock assessment shows it is overfished. To protect a rare seabed habitat, there will be a closed zone here,” she says scoring off a huge area on the map, “and netting for bass hris M ar tin of C y is now banned.” te s e
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The fishermen begin to sweat as they quietly plan their strategies for the coming season. The official looks at her watch and counts down, “Three, two, one, go!”
