Contents

pp 5-8

Preface

pp 9-10

PART I - SETTING THE STAGE FOR PRINCIPLED OCEAN GOVERNANCE IN THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION

pp 11-12

1 - The Symposium on Marine EBM in the Wider Caribbean Region

pp 13-26

2 - Principled Ocean Governance for the Wider Caribbean Region

pp 27-38

3 - Meeting the Challenge of Applying an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: Some Experiences and Considerations Based on the FAO’s Work

pp 39-52

PART II - SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS

pp 53-54

Introduction

pp 55-56

4 - Implications of Land-based Activities in Small Islands for Marine EBM

pp 57-68

5 - Impacts of Land-based Marine Pollution on Ecosystems in the Caribbean Sea: Implications for the EBM Approach in the Caribbean

pp 69-84

6 - Building Capacity and Networking among Managers: Essential Elements for Large-scale, Transboundary EBM through Effective MPA Networks

pp 85-98

7 - Why Incorporate Social Considerations into Marine EBM?

pp 99-110

8 - Economic Considerations for Marine EBM in the Caribbean

pp 111-122

9 - An Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries: Linkages with Sea Turtles, Marine Mammals and Seabirds

pp 123-142

PART III - FISHERIES ECOSYSTEMS

pp 143-144

Introduction

pp 145-146

10 - Reef Resources, the ‘Fog of Fisheries’ and EBM

pp 147-156

11 - Implications of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in Large Ecosystems: The Case of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster

pp 157-176

12 - Applying EBM to Queen Conch Fisheries in the Caribbean

pp 177-186

13 - EBM for Fisheries in the Wider Caribbean: Deepwater Red Snapper Fisheries

pp 187-196

14 - An Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries for Large Pelagic Fish Resources in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem

pp 197-212

15 - Management of the Shrimp and Groundfish Fisheries of the North Brazil Shelf: An Ecosystem Approach

pp 213-226

16 - Ecosystem Issues Pertaining to the Flyingfish Fisheries of the Eastern Caribbean

pp 227-240

17 - Coastal Lagoons and Estuaries: The EBM Approach

pp 241-254

PART IV - GOVERNANCE

pp 255-256

Introduction

pp 257-258

18 - An Overview and Assessment of Regional Institutional Arrangements for Marine EBM of Fisheries Resources in the Wider Caribbean

pp 259-270

19 - International Environmental Instruments and the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in CARICOM States

pp 271-296

20 - Spatial Data Infrastructures in Support of EBM and the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in the Caribbean

pp 297-306