News Science EDITORIAL: Fish study not 'literal?' Perhaps catch limits can be seen that way, too |
EDITORIAL: Fish study not 'literal?' Perhaps catch limits can be seen that way, too |
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So, three years after a supposedly landmark "scientific" study — one
that warned that "overfishing" was so severe it would essentially leave
the oceans to jellyfish by 2048 — we find that the conclusion wasn't to
be taken "literally."
That, at least, is the theory now being advanced by acting CEO Jim Simon of the high-profile environmental group Oceana. And it's one that is — and should be — raising entire fields of red flags within not only the fishing industry, but among state and federal lawmakers whose communities may well have been duped into thinking that the science used to implement new regulatory changes actually had some credibility. Alas, we probably all should have known better. Indeed, the 2006 study by marine biologist Boris Worm and his colleagues, titled "Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services," had already drawn significant credibility questions from fellow marine scientists such as recognized fisheries expert Ray Hilborn, and even some of the National Marine Fisheries Service's own science advisors. |
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