Professor Eddie Allison participated in research to evaluate the effectiveness of fishery improvement projects in his Science publication titled, “Secure sustainable seafood from developing countries.”

Results showed that although these fishery improvement projects have good intentions, they really need fine tuning in order to deliver on their promises. “Fishery improvement projects are a good idea for sustaining fisheries that supply developed countries like the U.S., but they don’t reach the small-scale fisheries supplying local markets in Africa and Asia that employ the vast majority of the world’s fisher fold and support a larger proportion of the world’s fish consumers.” Eddie Allison, from UW Today’s article “Sustainability progress should precede seafood market access, researchers urge.”

Full Citation: Sampson GS,  Sanchirico JN, Roheim CA, Bush SR, Taylor JE, Allison EH, Anderson JL, Ban NC, Fujita R, Jupiter S, and Wilson JR. Secure sustainable seafood from developing countries. Science 1 May 2015: 504–506. DOI: 10.1126/science.348.6234.595-b