Ecosystem Based Management of Marine Fisheries

Contents: Preface. 1. Trends in marine fisheries management. 2. Principles of ecosystem based fisheries management. 3. Process of ecosystem based fisheries management. 4. Measures of marine fishery management. 5. Implementing ecosystem approach to fisheries. 6. Management of marine protected areas. 7. Role of regional fishery bodies and conventions. 8. Sustainable development of marine fisheries. Bibliography. Index.

Ecosystem Based Management of Marine Fisheries has been designed to suit the needs of resource managers and others involved in the management of marine fisheries, for a comprehensive all en compassing reference guide. In a lucid detailed manner, it explains the various implications of ecosystem destruction as well as conservation on the fishery industry, and gives a detailed explanation of the need for the transition in fisheries management from a numbers based system to an ecosystem and environmental based one.

It provides a conceptual framework for the development of a global policy and the best operational practice for effective ecosystem management and identifies main issues and proposed policies and implementation guidance to help resolve those issues. (jacket)