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| Title |
Benefits of Rebuilding Global Marine Fisheries Outweigh Costs
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0040542 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ussif Rashid Sumaila, William Cheung, Andrew Dyck, Kamal Gueye, Ling Huang, Vicky Lam, Daniel Pauly, Thara Srinivasan, Wilf Swartz, Reginald Watson, Dirk Zeller |
| Abstract |
Global marine fisheries are currently underperforming, largely due to overfishing. An analysis of global databases finds that resource rent net of subsidies from rebuilt world fisheries could increase from the current negative US$13 billion to positive US$54 billion per year, resulting in a net gain of US$600 to US$1,400 billion in present value over fifty years after rebuilding. To realize this gain, governments need to implement a rebuilding program at a cost of about US$203 (US$130-US$292) billion in present value. We estimate that it would take just 12 years after rebuilding begins for the benefits to surpass the cost. Even without accounting for the potential boost to recreational fisheries, and ignoring ancillary and non-market values that would likely increase, the potential benefits of rebuilding global fisheries far outweigh the costs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 47 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 23% |
| Canada | 6 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 13% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Turkey | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Colombia | 1 | 2% |
| Guatemala | 1 | 2% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 15 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 40 | 85% |
| Scientists | 5 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 413 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1% |
| Brazil | 5 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 9 | 2% |
| Unknown | 381 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 75 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 56 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 47 | 11% |
| Other | 28 | 7% |
| Other | 84 | 20% |
| Unknown | 69 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 125 | 30% |
| Environmental Science | 104 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 24 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 23 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 14 | 3% |
| Other | 35 | 8% |
| Unknown | 88 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 140. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2023.
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#4,148
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#1,247
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#51
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