Value of Ecosystem Services of the Eastern Pacific

A team of researchers from NOAA Fisheries has put a dollar value on the “ecosystem services” provided by the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean: about 17 billion clams, and we’re not talking about the bivalves. The swathe of open sea extends west from the stretch of Pacific Coast starting in southern California and ending in northern Peru, and is considered the world’s most productive tropical ocean.

An Ecosystem Services Perspective for the Oceanic Eastern Tropical Pacific: Commercial Fisheries, Carbon Storage, Recreational Fishing, and Biodiversity