What a fishery is and why fisheries decline: fishery types, protein security, overfishing, fishing down the food web and shifting baselines

What this note covers

1. What is a fishery?
2. The global importance of wild-caught fish
3. Why fisheries decline: the causes
4. Fishing down the food web
5. Shifting baselines
6. Reading catch and effort data

6 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes