The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 14
1 The Bergen Conference on Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (Bergen, Norway, 26–28 September 2006): Summary and Main Conclusions......Page 16
2 The Concept of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in FAO......Page 35
3 The Ecosystem Approach of the Convention on Biological Diversity......Page 54
4 The Large Marine Ecosystem Approach to Marine Resources Assessment and Management......Page 62
5 Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Capture Fisheries: Not a Theoretical Concept but Useful Operational Reality!......Page 91
6 The Human Side of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: Preliminary Results of an FAO Expert Consultation......Page 101
7 Research Requirements of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries......Page 110
8 Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: Lessons Learned from Applying a Practical EAFM Framework in Australia and the Pacific......Page 127
9 Benefits and Costs of Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries......Page 140
10 Creating Incentives for the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: A Portfolio of Approaches......Page 153
11 Fisheries Assessment and Decision Making: Towards an Integrated Advisory Process......Page 173
12 The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: An Industry Perspective......Page 212
13 Ecosystem Approach to Management: Definitions, Principles and Experiences from Implementation in the North Sea......Page 224
14 Management Plan for the Norwegian Part of the Barents Sea Ecosystem......Page 243
15 Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management in Iceland: Implementation and Some Practical Considerations......Page 262
16 The Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the Benguela Region: Experiences, Advances and Problems......Page 277
17 Implementing the Ecosystem Approach in Australian Commonwealth (Federally)-managed Fisheries......Page 308
18 The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the USA......Page 316
19 Are the Lake Victoria Fisheries Threatened by Exploitation or Eutrophication? Towards an Ecosystem-based Approach to Management......Page 324
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