# EDF’s Chief Oceans Scientist Talks Catch Shares at WWF

*Published:* 2010-03-01
*Author:* EDF Oceans

**[Dr. Doug Rader](http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=853)** spoke to scientists, policy analysts and conservationists at WWF’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. as part of the **[Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund seminar series](http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/fellowships/fuller/item1816.html).** Dr. Rader spoke about how ever-stringent and complicated measures to control pressure from fishing has failed to stem the tide of collapsed fisheries around the world and in the U.S. , and how fisheries managed under catch shares have a significantly better record of preventing fisheries collapse. Watch the video!

[httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3xikZPRhjQ](//www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3xikZPRhjQ)