Methods for Evaluating the Impacts of Fisheries on North Atlantic Ecosystems
Author: Daniel Pauly
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13:
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Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
Author: Jason Link
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-10-07
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1139493027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResponsible fisheries management is of increasing interest to the scientific community, resource managers, policy makers, stakeholders and the general public. Focusing solely on managing one species of fish stock at a time has become less of a viable option in addressing the problem. Incorporating more holistic considerations into fisheries management by addressing the trade-offs among the range of issues involved, such as ecological principles, legal mandates and the interests of stakeholders, will hopefully challenge and shift the perception that doing ecosystem-based fisheries management is unfeasible. Demonstrating that EBFM is in fact feasible will have widespread impact, both in US and international waters. Using case studies, underlying philosophies and analytical approaches, this book brings together a range of interdisciplinary topics surrounding EBFM and considers these simultaneously, with an aim to provide tools for successful implementation and to further the debate on EBFM, ultimately hoping to foster enhanced living marine resource management.
Models for an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Author: Éva E. Plagányi
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9789251057346
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report reviews the methods available for examining ecosystem dynamics and assessing the impact of interactions between ecosystems and human activities, particularly fisheries, and their implications for marine fisheries management. It focuses on the currently available models representative of general types such as bionergetic models, predator-prey models and minimally realistic models; with short descriptions given of model parameters, assumptions and data requirements. It discusses the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of each of the approaches; and concludes with some recommendations for the future development of multi-species and ecosystem models.
5 Easy Pieces
Author: Daniel Pauly
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2010-07-28
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1597269689
DOWNLOAD EBOOK5 Easy Pieces features five contributions, originally published in Nature and Science, demonstrating the massive impacts of modern industrial fisheries on marine ecosystems. Initially published over an eight-year period, from 1995 to 2003, these articles illustrate a transition in scientific thought—from the initially-contested realization that the crisis of fisheries and their underlying ocean ecosystems was, in fact, global to its broad acceptance by mainstream scientific and public opinion. Daniel Pauly, a well-known fisheries expert who was a co-author of all five articles, presents each original article here and surrounds it with a rich array of contemporary comments, many of which led Pauly and his colleagues to further study. In addition, Pauly documents how popular media reported on the articles and their findings. By doing so, he demonstrates how science evolves. In one chapter, for example, the popular media pick up a contribution and use Pauly’s conclusions to contextualize current political disputes; in another, what might be seen as nitpicking by fellow scientists leads Pauly and his colleagues to strengthen their case that commercial fishing is endangering the global marine ecosystem. This structure also allows readers to see how scientists’ interactions with the popular media can shape the reception of their own, sometimes controversial, scientific studies. In an epilog, Pauly reflects on the ways that scientific consensus emerges from discussions both within and outside the scientific community.
The Future of Fisheries Science in North America
Author: Richard J. Beamish
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2009-02-07
Total Pages: 736
ISBN-13: 1402092105
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFisheries science in North America is changing in response to a changing climate, new technologies, an ecosystem approach to management and new thinking about the processes affecting stock and recruitment. Authors of the 34 chapters review the science in their particular fields and use their experience to develop informed opinions about the future. Everyone associated with fish, fisheries and fisheries management will find material that will stimulate their thinking about the future. Readers will be impressed with the potential for new discoveries, but disturbed by how much needs to be done in fisheries science if we are to sustain North American fisheries in our changing climate. Officials that manage or fund fisheries science will appreciate the urgency for the new information needed for the stewardship of fish populations and their ecosystems. Research organizations may want to keep some extra copies for a future look back into the thoughts of a wide range of fisheries professionals. Fisheries science has been full of surprises with some of the surprises having major economic impacts. It is important to minimize these impacts as the demand for seafood increases and the complexities of fisheries management increase.
Vulnerability of Fisheries to Climate Change
Author: Francisco Leitão
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2021-01-14
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 2889663884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResponsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem
Author: Michael Sinclair
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2014-05-28
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 1845937449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses ecological and environmental issues associated with responsible and sustainable marine fisheries. It includes 22 chapters and has been developed from the Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem held in Iceland in October 2001. Contents include: a global overview of marine capture fisheries; legal protection for marine ecosystems; dynamics of marine ecosystems; the role of man in marine ecosystems; and incorporating ecosystem considerations in fisheries management. The book has a subject index.
World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation
Author: Charles Sheppard
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2018-09-07
Total Pages: 668
ISBN-13: 012805204X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, Second Edition, Volume Three: Ecological Issues and Environmental Impacts covers global issues relating to our seas, including a biological description of the coast and continental shelf waters, the development and use of the coast, landfills and their effects, pollutant discharges over time, the effects of over-fishing, and the management methods and techniques used to ensure continued ecosystem functioning. The relative importance of water-borne and airborne routes differ in different parts of the world is explored, along with extensive coverage of major habitats and species groups, governmental, education and legal issues, fisheries effects, remote sensing, climate change and management. This book is an invaluable, worldwide reference source for students and researchers concerned with marine environmental science, fisheries, oceanography and engineering and coastal zone development. Provides scientific reviews of regional issues, empowering managers and policymakers to make progress in under-resourced countries and regions Covers environmental issues arising from the human use of both the sea and its watershed Presents informed commentary on major trends, problems and successes, and recommendations for the future
Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ; Wallingford [England] : CABI Pub.
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is great concern about over-fishing and the effects of fisheries on other marine organisms. This book looks at the ecological and environmental issues associated with sustainable marine fisheries. It includes 20 chapters developed from an international conference and concurrent symposium held in Iceland in October 2001. Contributors include leading international authorities from around the world. Contents include: global overview of marine capture fisheries; legal protection for marine ecosystems; dynamics of marine ecosystems; the role of man in marine ecosystems; and incorporating ecosystem considerations in fisheries management.
Climate Change and the Economics of the World's Fisheries
Author: Rögnvaldur Hannesson
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1845428846
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo date, research on the economic implications of climate change on fisheries has been both limited and fragmented. The contributors to this volume remedy the lack of attention by investigating the economic consequences of pelagic fish fluctuations in the recent past in order to understand how to adapt and respond to future climate changes.
