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ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
Volume 70, Issue 2, Pages 245-250Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss192
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- California Sea Grant [R/MS-44]
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Overfishing is most commonly explained as an example of the tragedy of the commons, where individuals are unable to control their activities, leading to the destruction of the resource they are dependent on. The historical record suggests otherwise. Between1949 and 1958, the US State Department used fisheries science, and especially the concept of maximum sustained yield (MSY) as a political tool to achieve its foreign policy objectives. During the Cold War, the Department thought that if countries were allowed to restrict fishing in their waters, it might lead to restrictions on passage of military vessels. While there has been much criticism of MSY and its failure to conserve fish stocks, there has been little attention paid to the political context in which MSY was adopted.
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