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Science 17 March 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5767, pp. 1557 - 1558
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122804
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Policy Forum

ECOLOGY:
Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources

F. Berkes,1* T. P. Hughes,2 R. S. Steneck,3 J. A. Wilson,4 D. R. Bellwood,2 B. Crona,5,6 C. Folke,5,6 L. H. Gunderson,7 H. M. Leslie,8 J. Norberg,6 M. Nyström,5,6 P. Olsson,5 H. Österblom,6 M. Scheffer,9 B. Worm10

Marine resource exploitation can deplete stocks faster than regulatory agencies can respond. Institutions with broad authority and a global perspective are needed to create a system with incentives for conservation.

1Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada. 2Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. 3School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Walpole, ME 04573, USA. 4School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA. 5Centre for Transdisciplinary Environmental Research, 6Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. 7Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. 8Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. 9Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, 6700 DD Wageningen, The Netherlands. 10Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: berkes{at}cc.umanitoba.ca

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