A Follow-up on the North American Model

You may have seen the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation come up several times in the past few weeks, especially regarding how it relates to aquatic conservation. Austen and Neal (2023) just produced an interesting proposal for how the traditional model truly needs to change as fisheries moves forward as a science and management framework.

This work is published as the first chapter of the book we shared last time, but your convenience it is provided in part below. I strongly encourage you to purchase this book in full as it is an excellent reference.