What is the Maximum Sustainable Yield?

Have you ever heard of the therm "Maximum Sustainable Yield"? Let's talk about it and find out why this is an important metric to fisheries science and sustainable management. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:25 Finding the MSY 03:13 Past Fisheries Declines 04:25 Management Successes 05:40 Ecosystem Dynamics 08:02 Human Impact 09:23 Outro References: 1) Video terminology: https://sustainablefisheries-uw.org/fact-check/how-many-fisheries-are-overfished/ 2) Carrying Capacity: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/carrying-capacity 3) Atlantic Cod stock declines: https://britishseafishing.co.uk/the-collapse-of-the-grand-banks-cod-fishery/ 4) Southern Bluefin Tuna stock declines: https://www.fao.org/3/y5428e/y5428e07.htm 5) Japanese Pilchard stock decline: https://books.google.com/books?hl=es&lr=&id=q3mGCiLjkBIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=Klyashtorin,+L.B.+2001.+Climate+change+and+long-term+fluctuations+of+commercial+catches:+the+possibility+of+forecasting.+Rome,+FAO+Fisheries+Technical+Paper,+No.+410:+86+pp.&ots=eiLhgAyqzz&sig=YPf7AWfBcYNq3hnK4y08pxAVcnU#v=onepage&q=Klyashtorin%2C%20L.B.%202001.%20Climate%20change%20and%20long-term%20fluctuations%20of%20commercial%20catches%3A%20the%20possibility%20of%20forecasting.%20Rome%2C%20FAO%20Fisheries%20Technical%20Paper%2C%20No.%20410%3A%2086%20pp.&f=false 6) Chilean Jack mackerel decline: https://www.fao.org/3/y5242e/y5242e0c.htm 7) Humpback Whales stock recovery: https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/humpback-whale-population-hunted-to-near-extinction-recovers/11609318 8) Sea Scallop stock recovery: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/US-landings-in-metric-tons-of-Georges-Bank-Sea-Scallops-solid-line-and-Georges-Bank_fig1_263366830 9) Atlantic swordfish stock recovery: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10641262.2012.754842?casa_token=O8OMVRhtTlwAAAAA:Fzo-IyB2IqKDCZY3Wrvhyoe-6nAARSTSB4yb4VDb9ylqRays9VR0AtyiDmhgTnz_D53RriUfkSmQYg 10) Pacific Groundfish stock recovery: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1899&context=gradreports 11) European Pilchard diet: https://books.google.com/books?id=PDlCjy30WKkC&pg=PA209#v=onepage&q=pilchard&f=false 12) European Hake diet: http://www.faoadriamed.org/html/Species/MerlucciusMerluccius.html 13) Nursery habitats: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.12645 14) Channelization and young salmonid survival: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1577/M03-073.1 15) Coastal urbanization and mangroves: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143622817305635 16) Coral bleaching and climate change: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2655 Stock footage: 1) Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/ 2) BigStock: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victorseaitall/ Website: https://www.victorbachmunoz.com/