Balanced harvest: utopia, failure, or a functional strategy?

Jeppe Kolding1,2*, Serge M. Garcia2, Shijie Zhou3, and Mikko Heino1,4 Department of Biology and Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, Bergen N-5020, Norway IUCN Commission of Ecosystem Management, Fisheries Expert Group (IUCN-CEM-FEG), Gland, Switzerland CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia Institute of Marine Research and Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, PO Box 1870 Nordnes, Bergen NO-5817, Norway *Corresponding author: tel: +47 47409902; e-mail: jeppe.kolding@bio.uib.no

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