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SUBMITTER: Sumaila UR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3396648 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20120713 7
Global marine fisheries are currently underperforming, largely due to overfishing. An analysis of global databases finds that resource rent net of subsidies from rebuilt world fisheries could increase from the current negative US$13 billion to positive US$54 billion per year, resulting in a net gain of US$600 to US$1,400 billion in present value over fifty years after rebuilding. To realize this gain, governments need to implement a rebuilding program at a cost of about US$203 (US$130-US$292) bi ...[more]