Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Context
- 1 Admit the problem
- 2 Why is an ecosystem approach now strongly heralded and merited?
- 3 Being audacious
- 4 Framework for scientific information to support EBFM
- 5 When does it make sense to do EBFM?
- Part II Making EBFM operational: technical considerations
- Part III Institutional considerations
- Glossary
- References
- Index
5 - When does it make sense to do EBFM?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Context
- 1 Admit the problem
- 2 Why is an ecosystem approach now strongly heralded and merited?
- 3 Being audacious
- 4 Framework for scientific information to support EBFM
- 5 When does it make sense to do EBFM?
- Part II Making EBFM operational: technical considerations
- Part III Institutional considerations
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Pablo Picasso (attributed)INSTANCES WHEN WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER EBFM
Are there particular examples where it would make sense to consider a broader, more holistic ecosystem perspective? Here I present some case studies that, combined, may provide some general guidance on the types of situations where using an EBFM would be useful, if not essential. These examples serve as rudimentary cases where EBFM has begun to become operational. In many instances this operationalization was not systematic nor intentional, but a result of being forced to deal with competing interests simultaneously in a given situation.
The example case studies presented here are global in extent – geographically, oceanographically, and scientifically speaking. They cover a broad range of topics, including environmental factors, ecological interactions, multispecies considerations, and full system issues. They are by no means meant to be exhaustive; rather they were chosen to be illustrative of the kinds of instances where EBFM (and more broadly, EBM) is requisite to satisfactorily manage the LMRs in these ecosystems.
As we examine these case studies, which criteria come to mind that are worth noting? How do they address some of the issues raised in Table 4.1? What items might be important (or even critical) to consider for implementing an EAM? Here I will present instances from a SS perspective with ecosystem considerations, and from a systemic perspective with a fisheries emphasis.
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- Ecosystem-Based Fisheries ManagementConfronting Tradeoffs, pp. 60 - 74Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010