Ecosystem-based fishery management (EBFM) is rapidly becoming the default approach in global fisheries management. The clarity of what EBFM means is sharpening each year and there is now a real need to evaluate progress and assess the effectiveness and impacts. By examining a suite of over 90 indicators (including socioeconomic, governance, environmental forcing, major pressures, systems ecology, and fisheries criteria) for 9 major US fishery ecosystem
jurisdictions, the authors systematically track the progress the country has made towards advancing EBFM and making it an operational reality. The assessment covers a wide range of data in
both time (multiple decades) and space (from the tropics to the poles, representing over 10% of the world's ocean surface area). The authors view progress towards the implementation of EBFM as synonymous with improved management of living marine resources in general, and highlight the findings from a national perspective. Although US-centric, the lessons learned are directly applicable for all parts of the global ocean. Much work remains, but significant progress has already been made to
better address many of the challenges facing the sustainable management of our living marine resources.This is an essential and accessible reference for all fisheries professionals
who are currently practicing, or progressing towards, ecosystem-based fisheries management. It will also be of relevance and use to researchers, teachers, managers, and graduate students in marine ecology, fisheries biology, biological oceanography, global change biology, conservation biology, and marine resource management.
Ecosystem-based fishery management (EBFM) is rapidly becoming the default approach in global fisheries management. The clarity of what EBFM means is sharpening each year and there is now a real need to evaluate progress and assess the effectiveness and impacts. By examining a suite of over 90 indicators (including socioeconomic, governance, environmental forcing, major pressures, systems ecology, and fisheries criteria) for 9 major US fishery ecosystem
jurisdictions, the authors systematically track the progress the country has made towards advancing EBFM and making it an operational reality. The assessment covers a wide range of data in
both time (multiple decades) and space (from the tropics to the poles, representing over 10% of the world's ocean surface area). The authors view progress towards the implementation of EBFM as synonymous with improved management of living marine resources in general, and highlight the findings from a national perspective. Although US-centric, the lessons learned are directly applicable for all parts of the global ocean. Much work remains, but significant progress has already been made to
better address many of the challenges facing the sustainable management of our living marine resources.This is an essential and accessible reference for all fisheries professionals
who are currently practicing, or progressing towards, ecosystem-based fisheries management. It will also be of relevance and use to researchers, teachers, managers, and graduate students in marine ecology, fisheries biology, biological oceanography, global change biology, conservation biology, and marine resource management.
Richard Merrick: Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Methods and Data Sources
1: New England
2: Mid-Atlantic
3: South-Atlantic
4: Caribbean
5: Gulf of Mexico
6: Pacific
7: North Pacific
8: Western Pacific
9: International
10: Synthesis and Summary
11: So What?
Jason S. Link is Senior Scientist for Ecosystem Management with the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), USA. In this role, he leads
approaches and models to support development of ecosystem-based
management plans and activities throughout the agency, serving as
the agency's senior-most authority on ecosystem science. Dr. Link
holds an adjunct faculty position at the School for Marine
Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts, is a
fellow of the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists,
and has received a Department of Commerce Bronze Medal and the
Fisheries Society of the
British Isles Medal for significant advances in fisheries science.
Anthony R. Marshak is Program Analyst with CSS, Inc. in support of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National
Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), USA. Prior to this role,
he worked as a Research Associate in the NMFS Office of Science and
Technology where his duties included co-leading its habitat science
program, organizing workshops and symposia, and collaborating with
the NMFS
Senior Scientist for Ecosystem Management. Dr. Marshak has
conducted research on a variety of topics including coral reef
fisheries ecology, climate-related range shifts, the effects of
marine protected areas, and
socioecological studies related to ecosystem-based management.
This book provides solid and practical support for ecosystem-based
thinking applied to fisheries management in US aquatic ecosystems.
It is highly recommended as a reference for a wide readership,
especially fisheries and policy experts, to support the
construction of more bridges between these worlds—that is essential
for all of us.
*Conservation Biology*
This book is highly recommended as a reference for a wide
readership, especially fisheries and policy experts, to support the
construction of more bridges between these worlds—that is essential
for all of us.
*Conservation Biology*
This book provides solid and practical support for ecosystem-based
thinking applied to fisheries management in US aquatic ecosystems.
It is highly recommended as a reference for a wide readership,
especially fisheries and policy experts, to support the
construction of more bridges between these worlds—that is essential
for all of us.
*Journal of Conservation Biology*
Are we finally there? The writing has been on the wall for decades,
EBFM is coming! But only now do Link and Marshak demonstrate that
we actually can walk the walk, drawing eminently upon case studies
to provide lessons for making EBFM operational. We have made
progress, and Link and Marshak are at the forefront of the
development as demonstrated through this book.
*Villy Christensen, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
University of British Columbia , Canada*
EBFM has been recognized as a necessary approach to balancing
exploitation and ecosystem health for more than 20 years now. There
is a lot written about its mixed implementation to date so having
an objective assessment of true progress is refreshing and timely.
The credentials of Marshak and Link lay considerable weight to the
assessment, both have been major contributors bedding down and
moving practical EBFM forward in America and more widely.
*Beth Fulton, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
and Deputy Director, Centre for Marine Socioecology, UTAS Research
Program Leader, Environment and Ecosystems, Blue Economy CRC,
Australia*
EBFM is an essential step in ensuring that fisheries are managed in
a way to maintain ecosystems ability to continue to contribute to
human well-being. Understanding what has been done in US fisheries
to move towards EBFM is an important step to refining how to
implement EBFM, and there is no one better able to tell this than
Link and Marshak.
*Ray Hilborn, Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences,
University of Washington, USA*
Ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management are a keystone
element to achieve the diverse goals that people have for ocean
systems globally. In order to make progress in implementing
ecosystem-based approaches, it is critical to evaluate the efforts
to date, recognizing how social and environmental factors shape
both the form and the outcomes of EBFM in different places around
the world. Jason Link and Tony Marshak are at the frontier of this
type of assessment.
*Heather Leslie, Director, Darling Marine Center and School of
Marine Sciences, University of Maine, USA; co-author of
Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans*
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