Global Case Studies to Identify Common Approaches to Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management

Koehn, Laura

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Global Case Studies to Identify Common Approaches to Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management

Laura Koehn , School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Kristin N. Marshall , Conservation Biology Division, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Tim Essington , School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Phillip S. Levin , Conservation Biology Division, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Lee Anderson , College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware

Courtney Carothers , School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

Felicia C. Coleman , Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, St. Teresa, FL

Alida Bundy , Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

Jonathan H. Grabowski , Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, MA

Edward Houde , Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD

Olaf Jensen , Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Tony Smith , Marine and Atmospheric Research, CSIRO, Hobart, Australia

Christian Mollmann , University of Hamburg

Scientists and managers currently accept Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) as key to the conservation of marine natural resources. However, implementation of EBFM to manage fisheries has lagged behind this acceptance. One objective of the Lenfest Ecosystem Task Force is to identify new approaches to fill gaps in the implementation of EBFM. An important step to reaching this goal is to identify global case studies where EBFM would be beneficial, in order to classify common classes of EBFM application in the U.S. and around the world. Enlisting the expertise of the task force members, we compiled case studies from the Mid-Atlantic, North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, California Current, North Pacific, Scotian Shelf, Eastern Baltic Sea, and Southeast Australia. For each case study, task force members identified the key fisheries, how the case would benefit from EBFM, the key social and political aspects, and the EBFM topic (habitat, climate, trophic interactions, etc.) exemplified by the case study. We also asked them to identify science tools available that could help address the EBFM issues in that region. These collective case studies will reveal common tools and approaches that will help in the implementation of EBFM.

M-111-7 Global Case Studies to Identify Common Approaches to Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management

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Global Case Studies to Identify Common Approaches to Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management