Sustainable fishery
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A conventional idea of a sustainable fishery is that it is one that is harvested at a sustainable rate, where the fish population does not decline over time because of fishing practices. Sustainability in fisheries combines theoretical disciplines, such as the population dynamics of fisheries, with practical strategies, such as avoiding overfishing through techniques such as individual fishing quotas, curtailing destructive and illegal fishing practices by lobbying for appropriate law and policy, setting up protected areas, restoring collapsed fisheries, incorporating all externalities involved in harvesting marine ecosystems into fishery economics, educating stakeholders and the wider public, and developing independent certification programs.
See also
- Community-supported fishery
- The End of the Line
- Ocean Conservancy
- International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
- Worldwatch Institute
- Marine Life Protection Act
- Ocean Outcomes
- Aral Sea
- List of commercially important fish species
- Aquaculture Stewardship Council
- Marine Stewardship Council
