Date of Publication: October 7, 2019

Author: Scott Barrett

Summary:

Fisheries conservation requires restricting access to countries’ exclusive economic zones (EEZs), which is costly to monitor and enforce. A new analysis shows that unauthorized foreign fishing is indeed substantially lower just inside the EEZ boundary compared with just outside.

Link to Full Reading:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0403-2