Marine fisheries will not offset farm losses after nuclear war
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Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · View the paper (DOI)
A study by Rutgers University suggests that pre-war fisheries management could boost ocean protein contributions during a global food emergency, but widespread overfishing would not offset land-based food losses after a nuclear war. Effective regulation could lead to significantly higher catches in the first year post-war.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Marine fisheries will not offset farm losses after nuclear war Rutgers University · Nov 9, 2020 · first to report
- Nuclear war could take a big bite out of the world's seafood University of Colorado at Boulder · Nov 9, 2020
- Global fisheries could alleviate a global food emergency in extreme situations Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona · Nov 9, 2020