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"Discovery Files" Features from the National Science Foundation
"Fish Futures"
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FISHING FOR ANSWERS... THE "DISCOVERY FILES": NEW ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. GIVE A MAN A FISH, AND HE'LL EAT FOR A DAY. BUT, TEACH A COMMUNITY TO MANAGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, AND DEPLETED OVERFISHED AREAS CAN RECOVER, VERY QUICKLY. THERE'S NEW HOPE FOR THE WORLD'S FISHERIES--BASED ON THE WORK OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS. THE STUDY IS REALLY THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE STATUS OF MARINE LIFE, IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ON A GLOBAL SCALE. THEIR FINDINGS STILL WARN OF A TREND TOWARD STOCK-COLLAPSE, ACROSS ALL REGIONS. BUT, IN AREAS THAT ARE BEING MANAGED, THE GROUP FOUND FISH-POPULATIONS BOUNCING BACK. LIKE THE EFFORTS OF SOME SMALL FISHING COMMUNITIES IN KENYA THAT FOUND THAT--BY RESTRICTING OVERFISHING AND IMPLEMENTING OTHER MEASURES--THE SYSTEM RECOVERED: YIELDS INCREASED, AND SO DID THEIR INCOME. SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT-STRATEGIES INCLUDE COLLECTING REGULAR SCIENTIFIC DATA ON THE MARINE POPULATION, CATCH-QUOTAS, CLOSURES, ZONING, AND EVEN REGULATING THE TYPE OF FISHING-GEAR USED. THESE PRACTICES ARE PAYING OFF IN MANAGED PROGRAMS IN ALASKA, NEW ZEALAND, ICELAND, THE NORTHEAST U-S SHELF, AND THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT. THE KEY TO QUICK RECOVERY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS WAS TO START BEFORE THE SITUATION BECAME CRITICAL. THE "DISCOVERY FILES" COVERS PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU! LEARN MORE AT "N-S-F"-DOT-GOV--OR ON THEIR PODCAST.
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