Fishery resource recovery strategy without reducing the number of landings: A case study of the ocellate puffer in Japan

► This paper proposes a new recovery strategy of depleted fishery resources. ► It helps fishermen maintain current fishery revenue while recovering fish resources. ► To check strategy validity, the paper empirically examines ocellate puffer in Japan. ► Puffer recovery in year 1 will be same as 12% reduction in current average landings.