We are a time in history when science allows us to understand our global environment, and when human societies are beginning to recognize the urgency of marine conservation and the need for sustainable use of marine resources. As John A. Moore (1993) has put it. We have reached a point in history when biological knowledge is the sine qua non for a viable human future a critical subset of societ…
The oceans have traditionally been conceived of as boundless and beyond the realm of significant human impacts; the great fisheries of the world were once considered as essentially limitless. By 1883, even though economic pressures on fisheries were already being felt. T.H. Huxley boldly announced that any tendency to over fishing will meet with its natural check. We now know that these concept…