Encourage sustainability by giving credit for marine protected areas in seafood certification

Encourage sustainability by giving credit for marine protected areas in seafood certification

Sarah Lester et al. argue that sustainable seafood certification programs are missing a critical opportunity by failing to provide credit for marine protected areas. Fixing this oversight will improve the leverage of certification programs to drive sustainable fishing, with significant benefits to f...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS biology 2013-12, Vol.11 (12), p.e1001730-e1001730
Hauptverfasser: Lester, Sarah E, Costello, Christopher, Rassweiler, Andrew, Gaines, Steven D, Deacon, Robert
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Conservation of Natural Resources - legislation & jurisprudence
Conservation of Natural Resources - methods
Environment
Environmental aspects
Environmental protection
Environmental sustainability
Fish
Fisheries
Fisheries - legislation & jurisprudence
Fishes
Management
Marine conservation
Models, Economic
Oceans and Seas
Seafood
Seafood - standards
Sustainability
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Zusammenfassung:Sarah Lester et al. argue that sustainable seafood certification programs are missing a critical opportunity by failing to provide credit for marine protected areas. Fixing this oversight will improve the leverage of certification programs to drive sustainable fishing, with significant benefits to fish and fisheries.
ISSN:1545-7885
1544-9173
1545-7885
DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001730