Ray Hilborn

Oct 17, 2024 | savingseafood.org | Ray Hilborn

October 16, 2024 — Two weeks ago I published an op-ed in the Santa Barbara Independent critiquing the proposals for expansion of California’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) that established 124 MPAs across California. Follow this link to read the full op-ed, but essentially, I argued that in the last decade since the MPA network was established, there have been no benefits to the marine ecosystems of California. Thus, what are the proposed benefits to even more MPAs?

Oct 1, 2024 | independent.com | Ray Hilborn

Show Me the Benefits 10 Years in, What Have Marine Protected Areas Accomplished?

Apr 28, 2024 | staradvertiser.com | Ray Hilborn

The Biden administration is proposing further expansion of no-take areas in the U.S. Pacific territories — and this has been heralded by some environmental groups as further progress in ocean protection, while the government of American Samoa, the fishing industry and fishery managers have generally opposed the expansion. What are the benefits?

Apr 11, 2024 | savingseafood.org | Ray Hilborn |Seafood Source

April 10, 2024 — Ray Hilborn is a professor at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded the Volvo Environmental Prize and the International Fisheries Science Prize and has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Mar 25, 2024 | savingseafood.org | Ray Hilborn |Seafood Source

March 25, 2024 — Ray Hilborn has a doctorate from the University of British Columbia and is a professor at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded the Volvo Environmental Prize and the International Fisheries Science Prize, and has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals.