A groundbreaking assessment of marine fisheries and ecosystems reveals that overfishing has been reduced in several regions around the world, resulting in some stock recovery. Importantly, the work bolsters the case that sound management can contribute to the rebuilding of fisheries elsewhere.

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The study was a collaboration of 21 coauthors: Boris Worm, Ray Hilborn, Trevor Branch, Jeremy Collie, Christopher Costello, Michael Fogarty, Elizabeth Fulton, Jeffrey Hutchings, Heike Lotze, Pamela Mace, Tim McClanahan, Stephen Palumbi, Ana Parma, Daniel Ricard, Andrew Rosenberg, Reg Watson, and Dirk Zeller. It was based at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), funded by the National Science Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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