Ray Hilborn
Biographic Data
| ID | 1750115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ray Hilborn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ray |
| FAMILY NAME | Hilborn |
| SIGNATURE | HILBORN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2326-2305 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Response to rejoinder to
Seychelles’ blue finance
Estimating the Abundance of Widely Distributed Primates
Monitoring the abundance of widely distributed animals poses many logistic challenges, and is rarely done because the wide distribution generally suggests a lack of conservation concern and thus funding. However, as there are increasing concerns about the conservation status of some widely distributed primates, evidence based management requires estimates of abundance. In this paper we review how such estimates can be done and have been done for …
Errors and bias in marine conservation and fisheries literature
Is the long‐tailed macaque at risk of extinction
We review the evidence that long‐tailed macaques are at risk of extinction and find that papers supporting this argument present no data supporting a hypothesized decline in abundance. These papers contain numerous misrepresentations of the published literature. Long‐tailed macaques thrive in human‐altered habitats, are listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature as an invasive species of concern, and have shown the ability t…
The environmental footprint of fisheries
Linking small-scale fisheries performance to governance attributes
The role of seafood in sustainable diets
Recent discussions of healthy and sustainable diets encourage increased consumption of plants and decreased consumption of animal-source foods (ASFs) for both human and environmental health. Seafood is often peripheral in these discussions. This paper examines the relative environmental costs of sourcing key nutrients from different kinds of seafood, other ASFs, and a range of plant-based foods. We linked a nutrient richness index for different f…
Identifying management actions that promote sustainable fisheries
Effective fisheries management instrumental in improving fish stock status
Marine fish stocks are an important part of the world food system and are particularly important for many of the poorest people of the world. Most existing analyses suggest overfishing is increasing, and there is widespread concern that fish stocks are decreasing throughout most of the world. We assembled trends in abundance and harvest rate of stocks that are scientifically assessed, constituting half of the reported global marine fish catch. Fo…
Why are catches in mixed fisheries well below TAC
Global fishery prospects under contrasting management regimes
Significance What would extensive fishery reform look like? In addition, what would be the benefits and trade-offs of implementing alternative approaches to fisheries management on a worldwide scale? To find out, we assembled the largest-of-its-kind database and coupled it to state-of-the-art bioeconomic models for more than 4,500 fisheries around the world. We find that, in nearly every country of the world, fishery recovery would simultaneously…
Leadership, social capital and incentives promote successful fisheries
Rebuilding Global Fisheries
Fighting for Fisheries In the debate concerning the future of the world's fisheries, some have forecasted complete collapse but others have challenged this view. The protagonists in this debate have now joined forces to present a thorough quantitative review of current trends in world fisheries. Worm et al. (p. 578 ) evaluate the evidence for a global rebuilding of marine capture fisheries and their supporting ecosystems. Contrasting regions that…
Moving to Sustainability by Learning from Successful Fisheries
There are two diverging views of the status and future of the world's fisheries. One group represented largely by academic marine ecologists sees almost universal failure of fisheries management and calls for the use of marine-protected areas as the central tool of a new approach to rebuilding the marine ecosystems of the world. The scientists working in fisheries agencies and many academic scientists see a more complex picture, with many failed …
Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation
There are currently many plans for sustainable use or sustainable development that are founded upon scientific information and consensus. Such ideas reflect ignorance of the history of resource exploitation and misunderstanding of the possibility of achieving scientific consensus concerning resources and the environment. Although there is considerable variation in detail, there is remarkable consistency in the history of resource exploitation: re…
Pitfalls of environmental baseline and process studies
Pitfalls of environmental baseline and process studies
Moving to Sustainability by Learning from Successful Fisheries
There are two diverging views of the status and future of the world's fisheries. One group represented largely by academic marine ecologists sees almost universal failure of fisheries management and calls for the use of marine-protected areas as the central tool of a new approach to rebuilding the marine ecosystems of the world. The scientists working in fisheries agencies and many academic scientists see a more complex picture, with many failed …
The environmental footprint of fisheries
Pitfalls of environmental baseline and process studies
Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation
There are currently many plans for sustainable use or sustainable development that are founded upon scientific information and consensus. Such ideas reflect ignorance of the history of resource exploitation and misunderstanding of the possibility of achieving scientific consensus concerning resources and the environment. Although there is considerable variation in detail, there is remarkable consistency in the history of resource exploitation: re…
Moving to Sustainability by Learning from Successful Fisheries
There are two diverging views of the status and future of the world's fisheries. One group represented largely by academic marine ecologists sees almost universal failure of fisheries management and calls for the use of marine-protected areas as the central tool of a new approach to rebuilding the marine ecosystems of the world. The scientists working in fisheries agencies and many academic scientists see a more complex picture, with many failed …
Rebuilding Global Fisheries
Fighting for Fisheries In the debate concerning the future of the world's fisheries, some have forecasted complete collapse but others have challenged this view. The protagonists in this debate have now joined forces to present a thorough quantitative review of current trends in world fisheries. Worm et al. (p. 578 ) evaluate the evidence for a global rebuilding of marine capture fisheries and their supporting ecosystems. Contrasting regions that…
Leadership, social capital and incentives promote successful fisheries
Global fishery prospects under contrasting management regimes
Significance What would extensive fishery reform look like? In addition, what would be the benefits and trade-offs of implementing alternative approaches to fisheries management on a worldwide scale? To find out, we assembled the largest-of-its-kind database and coupled it to state-of-the-art bioeconomic models for more than 4,500 fisheries around the world. We find that, in nearly every country of the world, fishery recovery would simultaneously…
Effective fisheries management instrumental in improving fish stock status
Marine fish stocks are an important part of the world food system and are particularly important for many of the poorest people of the world. Most existing analyses suggest overfishing is increasing, and there is widespread concern that fish stocks are decreasing throughout most of the world. We assembled trends in abundance and harvest rate of stocks that are scientifically assessed, constituting half of the reported global marine fish catch. Fo…
Why are catches in mixed fisheries well below TAC
The role of seafood in sustainable diets
Recent discussions of healthy and sustainable diets encourage increased consumption of plants and decreased consumption of animal-source foods (ASFs) for both human and environmental health. Seafood is often peripheral in these discussions. This paper examines the relative environmental costs of sourcing key nutrients from different kinds of seafood, other ASFs, and a range of plant-based foods. We linked a nutrient richness index for different f…
Identifying management actions that promote sustainable fisheries
Linking small-scale fisheries performance to governance attributes
The environmental footprint of fisheries
Errors and bias in marine conservation and fisheries literature
Is the long‐tailed macaque at risk of extinction
We review the evidence that long‐tailed macaques are at risk of extinction and find that papers supporting this argument present no data supporting a hypothesized decline in abundance. These papers contain numerous misrepresentations of the published literature. Long‐tailed macaques thrive in human‐altered habitats, are listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature as an invasive species of concern, and have shown the ability t…
Response to rejoinder to
Seychelles’ blue finance
Estimating the Abundance of Widely Distributed Primates
Monitoring the abundance of widely distributed animals poses many logistic challenges, and is rarely done because the wide distribution generally suggests a lack of conservation concern and thus funding. However, as there are increasing concerns about the conservation status of some widely distributed primates, evidence based management requires estimates of abundance. In this paper we review how such estimates can be done and have been done for …
Fishery (14 works) · Biology (13 works) · Business (12 works) · Geography (12 works) · Environmental resource management (11 works) · Marine and fisheries research (11 works) · Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (10 works) · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Fisheries management (8 works)