Integrated coastal and marine management (ICM) holds considerable promise for
addressing gaps in conventional sector-based approaches to the management of coastal …

Populations of fishes provide valuable services for billions of people, but face diverse and
interacting threats that jeopardize their sustainability. Human population growth and …

The implementation of ecosystem management requires ecosystem modelling within the
context of a natural resource management process. Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) is the most …

Fisheries sustainability is recognized to have four pillars: ecological, economic, social
(including cultural) and institutional (or governance). Although international agreements …

Although frequently suggested as a goal for ecosystem-based fisheries management,
incorporating ecosystem information into fisheries stock assessments has proven …

Fisheries policy and management processes for federal waters off western Alaska currently
lack consistent and considered integration of traditional knowledge (TK), TK holders, social …

The shifting policy focus towards Ecosystem Based Management in Fisheries (EBFM)
requires the integration of knowledge and disciplines and the engagement of stakeholders …

Fishing industry stakeholders have unique and important contributions to make to fisheries
research. Co-operative and collaborative research approaches between science and …

Fishery managers worldwide are evaluating methods for incorporating climate, habitat,
ecological, social, and economic factors into current operations in order to implement …

The need to implement an ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) is enshrined in
numerous regulations and strategies, at both global and European level. In practice, it is …