Competition between fisheries and marine mammals for prey and primary production in the Pacific Ocean


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The degree of competition between fisheries and marine mammals in the Pacific Ocean was estimated for 7 statistical areas defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Catch statistics compiled from FAO sources show that the amount of fish caught in the Pacific Ocean rose from 2 million tons in the late-1940s to over 50 million tons in the early-1990s. Recent stagnation and declines occurring in some areas of the Pacific suggest that Pacific fisheries cannot continue to expand as they had previously.

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Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science 22:173-187 [open access]

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1997

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Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

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