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A century of fish biomass decline in the ocean

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Christensen, V, Coll, M, Piroddi, C, Steenbeek, J, Buszowski, J, Pauly, D·2014·Marine Ecology Progress Series

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Contribution to the Theme Section ‘Trophodynamics in marine ecology’.-- 12 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, supplementary material https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10946

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  • The global biomass of large predatory fish targeted by fisheries has fallen by two-thirds over the past 100 years.

    “The global biomass of large predatory fish targeted by fisheries has fallen by two-thirds over the past 100 years ( 53 ).”

    From Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change (2019) · cites this paper as [53]

    The Biomass of predatory fishes section reports a global decline of 66.4% over 100 years. The Discussion describes these as larger fish humans tend to eat, but says the analysis covers high-trophic-level fish, “not just ... target species.” The two-thirds estimate therefore is not specifically an estimate for fish targeted by fisheries. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  1. Coll M, Bundy A, Shannon LJ (2008a) Ecosystem modelling using the Ecopath with Ecosim approach. In: Megrey B, Moksness E (eds) Computers in fisheries research, 2nd edn. Springer, Berlin, p 225-291
  2. Gjøsaeter J, Kawaguchi K (1980) A review of the world resources of mesopelagic fish. FAO Fish Tech Pap No. 193. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome

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Authors
Christensen, V, Coll, M., Piroddi, C., Steenbeek, J., Buszowski, J., & Pauly, D.
Affiliations
  • European Commission (BE)
  • Ecopath International Initiative (ES)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
Venue
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Published
2014-10-09
Volume
512
Pages
155-166
ISSN
  • 0171-8630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1616-1599
OpenAlex
W1963765483
Cited by
184
References
92
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 5
FWCI
12.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series (publishedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • University of British Columbia
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
Keywords
fish biomass decline, marine fisheries, food web dynamics, catch statistics, marine ecosystem change

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