Hunting became a secondary activity 2000 years ago: marine fishing did the same in 2021

摘要: Man has been domesticating plants and animals for 10 000 years. Domestication increased so that 2000 years ago, following the ‘Neolithic’ or ‘food-producing’ revolution, overwhelming majority of people were making a living by farming. Nowadays hunting, an uncertain way collecting food, shifted from survival activity to secondary (and most often recreational) activity. Within less than century, marine fisheries, which constitute last major world industry exploiting wild animal resources, have reached many ecological economic limits they face uncertainties. In context generalised overexploitation, fishing could rapidly follow same history as hunting become marginal collection luxury items. This is not only concern future important food source, it also seriously questions our ability preserve unique relationship with renewable resources. If we do want fisheries be counterpart research need ‘modernised’ in amenable integrating new objectives, paradigms ethical concerns. As scientists, must direct efforts toward reconciling long-term environmental objectives short-term constraints defining indicators reference points management. Will able initiate ‘human reconciliation’ revolution?