Nutrient enrichment of marine ecosystems is regarded as a pressing global environmental problem. For certain marine species it may be a mixed blessing, resulting in damaging ecosystem events, but contributing to primary productivity. Consequently, the impact of enrichment on fishery profits may...

As the world s marine ecosystems deteriorate due to pollution and overfishing, there is an urgent need to investigate links between the two problems. We assess the effects of improving environmental quality in the presence of such linkages, recognizing that the impact of pollution on fisheries...