Part I - Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Summary
This section provides the historical, theoretical, philosophical, and contextual background for why we would want to consider doing ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM). Admittedly, many of these areas are outside my area of expertise, but there have been several delightful summaries, histories, and perspectives written on the topic from which I was able to draw quite heavily. I have written this section to set the stage and provide some background before we begin some of the more technical aspects (read: math!) on the topic of EBFM.
This section starts by noting that what we are doing for fisheries management has not always been sufficient, and highlights the need for more holistic and broader approaches. Following that, the next chapter seeks to define our terms and clarify many of the concepts surrounding this topic.
The third chapter explores many of the underlying philosophies about our stewardship of natural resources, particularly challenging the notion of a farming metaphor for marine capture fisheries. The next chapter then provides a simple three-step framework from which we can begin to provide and utilize advice on living marine resource (LMR) management.
So that none of this is viewed as a collection of isolated theories, even more rambling about management frameworks, or as related arcane musings, the final chapter in this section then briefly elucidates specific case studies where an EBFM has been warranted or even begun to be implemented.
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- Ecosystem-Based Fisheries ManagementConfronting Tradeoffs, pp. 1 - 2Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010