During the first 20 years of federal fisheries management under the Magnuson-Stevens Act we saw boom and bust cycles, dangerous derby fishing, and harvest rates that could sustain neither coastal economies nor ocean ecosystems in the long run.
Reflects on past failures in fisheries management and the need for reform.
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