Long-term trends in catch and effort of commercial linefish off South Africa's Cape Province: snapshots of the 20th century

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Economic value of terrestrial and marine biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region: implications for defining effective and socially optimal conservation strategies (2003, background): “Substantial declines have been reported in the stocks of numerous marine species, with several stocks having collapsed (Griffiths, 2000).”
The Role of Estuaries in South African Fisheries: Economic Importance and Management Implications (2003, background): “This has been quantified in coastal fisheries, where shore-angling catches per unit effort have declined markedly over the past two decades (Bennett and Attwood 1993, Attwood and Farquhar 1999, Griffiths 2000), as well as in some estuaries.”
ICES meets marine historical ecology: placing the history of fish and fisheries in current policy context (2016, background): “However, it is likely that the management of linefish at the time suffered from a shifting baseline bias (Griffiths, 2000), and convincing scientific evidence required to drive strong policy interventions was lacking.”
Species loss and the structure and functioning of multitrophic aquatic systems (2004, background): “Consequently, their extinction resulting from over-harvesting is a very real concern, as is evidenced by the precarious position of the much of the world’s cetacean fauna and the collapse of many marine fisheries (Griffith 2000).”