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Why do we keep hearing global fisheries are collapsing?

Fish in market

Some marine scientists say many of the world’s fish stocks are nearing collapse, but the data suggest otherwise. So why is the media still reporting that we’re on the verge of a fisheries collapse?  Read more, including an essay by Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Professor Ray Hilborn, on Mother Nature Network. 

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Dams in the news

Below the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.

We in Washington have been hearing plenty about the Elwha dam removal. While ecological effects of such a giant project will take years to assess, the removal itself might be a hallmark of shifting perceptions about the costs and benefits of damming rivers. This shift might have begun around 1978 with Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, a 1978 ruling in which the Supreme Court ruled that a project to build the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River had to be halted because it would likely lead to the extinction of the snail darter. 

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