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Nature 436, 175-176 (14 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/436175a; Published online 13 July 2005

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When will we tame the oceans?

John Marra1

  1. John Marra is at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, New York 10964, USA.

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In fisheries across the world, fish stocks are declining fast. Future preservation and management of the ocean's resources will require a transformation of our relationship with the seas, argues John Marra.

Fishing in the ocean is no longer sustainable. Worldwide, we have failed to manage the ocean's fisheries — in a few decades, there may be no fisheries left to manage1.

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