Poverty Line Fishing (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Poverty Line Fishing

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These are revenues per subregion generated now (white bars) and that could be generated if all fisheries were recovered and managed sustainably (Maximum Sustainable Yield - MSY). The dashed line represents the national monthly poverty line to maintain a family of four, which is the average family size in Mexico.

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Alfredo Giron/Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego

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