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Now at ruththurstan.bsky.social Associate Professor @UoExeterCEC | #Marine #historical ecology | #conservation | sustainable #fisheries | #shiftingbaselines
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New advice on avoiding British cod: how to make sure your fish and chips are sustainably sourced Original

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By Mara Fischer, Ruth H. Thurstan
| The Conversation Verified
Diners may soon need to rethink a staple of the classic English fish supper. The Marine Conservation Society, an environmental charity in the UK, recently downgraded all UK cod stocks and removed them from its list of sustainable seafood. The Marine Conservation Society’s Good Fish Guide, a tool designed to help consumers make sustainable seafood choices, now lists Atlantic cod from the Arctic, northern shelf, and British seas with the worst possible rating: “avoid”.
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Chasing Fish: 130 Years of Innovation, Displacement and Depletion in Scottish Fisheries

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By By-catch reduction, Callum Roberts, Ruth H. Thurstan
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 Introduction It is widely accepted in the scientific community that fisheries, and marine biodiversity more broadly, are in decline globally as a result of technical progress and associated increased fishing power (i.e., the efficiency of fish catching by vessels), overcapacity, increasing environmental invasiveness of gears and habitat degradation–ultimately driven by rising demand for seafood from growing populations (Eigaard et al. 2014; Pauly et al.
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Millennial-scale societal shifts drive the widespread loss of oyster reefs in East Asia

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By Sally C.Y. Lau, Marine Thomas, Jessica Williams, Ruth H. Thurstan, Boze Hancock, Bayden D. Russell
| Cell Press Verified
Keywords ecosystem extirpation historical ecology historical archive reconstruction oysters Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References 1. Jefferson, T. ∙ Costello, M.J. ∙ Zhao, Q. ... Conserving threatened marine species and biodiversity requires 40% ocean protection Biol. Conserv. 2021; 264, 109368 2. Leadley, P. ∙ Proença, V. ∙ Fernández-Manjarrés, J. ... Interacting regional-scale regime shifts for biodiversity and ecosystem services BioScience. 2014; 64:665-679 3.
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