Reconsidering Historical Definitions of Overfishing and the Balance between Sustainable Use and Overexploitation

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Overexploitation and sustainability have been core concepts in the management of renewable resources since the 1600s. Traditionally, these terms were directly linked to one another, so that overexploitation was truly unsustainable. In fisheries management, the connection between them was severed when maximum sustainable yield became the guiding principal for many management bodies in the 1950s.