The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform

by World Bank Group, Rolf Willmann, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, et al.

Economic losses in marine fisheries resulting from poor management, inefficiencies, and overfishing add up to US$50 billion per year. Taken over the last three decades, these losses total over US$2 trillion, a figure roughly equivalent to the GDP of Italy. The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform argues that well-managed marine fisheries could turn most of these losses into sustainable economic benefits for millions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821377906
• ISBN13: 9780821377901
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.7"