Declining Expectations - The Phenomenon of Shifting Baselines

^{Module Objectives}

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

• Define the concept of  “shifting baselines”
• Describe how shifting baselines have contributed to fishery declines
• Describe the various methods that can be used to establish historical baselines
• Evaluate the effect of the shifting baselines phenomenon for various fisheries
• Describe how an understanding of historical baselines can be applied to the management of   present day fisheries
  

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