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EcosystemApproachestoFisheries
AGlobalPerspective
InspiredbytheworkoftherenownedfisheriesscientistDaniel
Pauly,thisbookprovidesadetailedoverviewofecosystem-based
managementoffisheries.Itexploresthecomplexandinterdisciplinary
natureofthesubjectbybringingtogethercontributionsfromsome
oftheworld(cid:2)sleadingfisheriesscientistsandconservationists.
Combiningbothresearchreviewsandopinionpieces,andreflecting
thebreadthofPauly(cid:2)sinfluencewithinthefield,thebookillustrates
therangeofissuesassociatedwiththeimplementationofthe
ecosystemapproachandthechallengeoflong-termsustainability.
Topicscoveredincludeglobalbiodiversity,theimpactofhuman
actionsonmarinelife,theimplicationsforeconomicandsocial
systems,andtheroleofscienceincommunicatingandshapingocean
policytoconserveresourcesforthefuture.
Thisbookprovidesacompleteandessentialoverviewforadvanced
researchersandforthosejustenteringthefield.
VILLYCHRISTENSENisProfessorandAssociateDirectorofthe
FisheriesCentreatth eUniversityofBritishColumbia.Heisaleading
expertinecosystemmodeling,andhasledcoursesandworkshops
throughouttheworldondevelopingecosystemapproachestofisheries
management.
JAYMACLEANisaformerActingDirectorGeneralandDirectorofthe
InformationProgramoftheInternationalCenterforLivingAquatic
ResourcesManagement(ICLARM)inthePhilippines.Heiscurrentlya
consultantforseveralinternationalorganizationsandisbasedin
Manila.
Ecosystem
Approaches to
Fisheries
A Global Perspective
Editedby
villy
christensen
UniversityofBritish
Columbia,Vancouver
jay maclean
Manila,Philippines
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Contents
Listofcontributors pageviii
Foreword xi
lord robert may
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
1 Introduction:towardecosystem-basedmanagement
offisheries 1
villy christensen
I. Lifeintheoceans
2 Theoxygenconstraint 11
andrew bakun
3 Organizinganddisseminatingmarinebiodiversity
information:theFishBaseandSeaLifeBasestory 24
maria l.d. palomares and nicolas bailly
4 ThescienceinFishBase 47
rainer froese
II. Evaluatingimpactonmarinelife
5 Howmuchfishisbeingextractedfromtheoceans
andwhatisitworth? 55
reg watson, u. rashid sumaila,
and dirk zeller
v
vi Contents
6 Fishingdownfoodwebs 72
konstantinos i. stergiou and
villy christensen
7 Aquacultureupanddownthefoodweb 89
roger s.v. pullin
8 Beyondfood:fishinthetwenty-firstcentury 120
jennifer jacquet
9 Theshiftingbaselinessyndrome:perception,deception,
andthefutureofouroceans 128
jeremy jackson and jennifer jacquet
III. Managinglivingresources
10 Assessmentofexploitedstocksoftropicalfishes:
anoverview 145
john l. munro
11 Ecosystem-basedfisheriesmanagementintheface
ofclimatechange 171
william w.l. cheung, jessica j. meeuwig,
and vicky w.y. lam
12 Progressintheuseofecosystemmodelingforfisheries
management 189
villy christensen and carl j. walters
IV. Thehumanside
13 Scienceandcap acitybuildingforsustainable
developmentinfisheries 209
cornelia e. nauen and gotthilf hempel
14 Thinkingbigonsmall-scalefisheries 226
ratana chuenpagdee
15 Coastal-marineresourceuseinhumanecological
context:thescaleandmodesofintegration 241
kenneth ruddle
16 Globalfisherieseconomicanalysis 272
u. rashid sumaila, andrew j. dyck, andre·s
m. cisneros-montemayor, and reg watson
Contents vii
V. Impactingpolicy
17 Linkingconservationpolicyandscience 283
joshua s. reichert
18 Usingthescience 290
michael f. hirshfield
19 Thescientistascommunicator 295
nancy baron
20 Scenariodevelopmentfordecisionmaking 304
villy christensen and sherman lai
21 Therelationshipbetweenscienceandoceanpolicy 315
carl safina and marah j. hardt
Index 322
Contributors
NicolasBailly
WorldFish Center, Biodiversity Informatics Office, Khush Hall,
IRRICollege,LosBaæos,Laguna,Philippines
AndrewBakun
RosenstielSchoolofMarineandAtmosphericScience,University
ofMiami,4600RickenbackerCauseway,Miami,FL33149,USA
NancyBaron
SeaWeb, c/o National Center for Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis (NCEAS), 735 State St., Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA
93101,USA
WilliamW.L.Cheung
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia,
Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK, and Fisheries Centre, University of
BritishColumbia,Vancouver,Canada,BCV6T1Z4
VillyChristensen
FisheriesCentre,UniversityofBritishColumbia,2202MainMall,
Vancouver,Canada,BCV6T1Z4
RatanaChuenpagdee
Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfound-
land,St.John(cid:2)s,Newfoundland,Canada,A1B3X9
Andre·sM.Cisneros-Montemayor
FisheriesCentre,UniversityofBritishColumbia,2202MainMall,
Vancouver,Canada,BCV6T1Z4
viii
Listofcontributors ix
AndrewJ.Dyck
FisheriesCentre,UniversityofBritishColumbia,2202MainMall,
Vancouver,Canada,BCV6T1Z4
RainerFroese
IFM-GEOMAR,D(cid:3)sternbrookerWeg20,24105Kiel,Germany
MarahJ.Hardt
OceanInk,KailuaKona,HI96740,USA
GotthilfHempel
CentreforTropicalMarineEcology,AlfredWegenerInstitutefor
MarineandPolarResearch,Bremerhaven,andInstituteforPolar
Ecology,Wischhofstr1(cid:4)3,Geb.12,D-24148Kiel,Germany
MichaelF.Hirshfield
Oceana,1350ConnecticutAve.,NW,5thFloor,Washington,DC
20036,USA
JeremyJackson
Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps
InstitutionofOceanography0202,UniversityofCalifornia,San
Diego,9500GilmanDrive,LaJolla,CA92083-0202,USA
JenniferJacquet
FisheriesCentre,UniversityofBritishColumbia,2202MainMall,
Vancouver,Canada,BCV6T1Z4
ShermanLai
FisheriesCentre,UniversityofBritishColumbia,2202MainMall,
Vancouver,Canada,BCV6T1Z4
VickyW.Y.Lam
FisheriesCentre,UniversityofBritishColumbia,2202MainMall,
Vancouver,Canada,BCV6T1Z4
JessicaJ.Meeuwig
Centrefor Marine Futures, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural
Sciences, University of Western Australia, Plant Biology, M090,
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
JohnL.Munro
242MacDonnellRoad,EagleHeights,Queensland4271,Australia
DrMunrodiedDecember13,2009
