As part of an ongoing series on sustainable fishing, the latest issue brief provides insight into the significant threat of overfishing to ocean ecosystems, global fish populations, and myriad human livelihoods. Research shows that policy- and market-based schemes are among the main solutions that have been deployed to combat unsustainable fishing.
However, these two approaches are not the most effective and overlook systemic issues like harmful fishing subsidies. How do we accelerate and scale the current improvement efforts? Jurisdictional initiatives have emerged as a promising approach, potentially uniting policy and market strategies to hasten holistic fishery improvements and address sustainability more comprehensively.
