He also has some fisheries management 'truths' that are still studied for over 80 years:
1. any resource not utilized is lost
2. productivity of a stock whould be measured as what can be removed
3. too many restrictions cause overpopulations
4. stockpiling balanced populations is futile
5. ecological conditions are more important than fecundity
6. freshwater reintroduction results in true stock increases
7. "limiting nutrients" determine population over management technique
8. populations become balanced within a given system
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