Publications

Northwest Atlantic ecosystem-based management for fisheries

Publication date
February 17, 2011
Authors
Jason S. Link, Alida Bundy, William J. Overholtz, Nancy Shackell, John Manderson, Daniel Duplisea, Jonathan Hare, Mariano Koen-Alonso, Kevin Friedland
Abstract

The northwest Atlantic has had a rich history of living marine resource exploitation. As stocks have undergone sequential depletion with some dramatic instances of stock declines in this region, there have been calls for evaluating and improving approaches to managing our use of these resources. As part of these calls and along with recognition that there are broader issues to consider when managing a fishery, the need for more holistic ecosystem-based approaches to manage living marine resources (LMRs) have been increasingly recognized. Here we present a history of LMR management for both Canadian and US waters. We also provide contextual information for the major ecosystems in this region, with synopses and descriptions of major biophysical features in the northwest Atlantic. After noting the main data sets in this region, we discuss some of the major ecosystem models produced by our institutions. Finally, we discuss current efforts to implement ecosystem-based marine fisheries management in the northwest Atlantic.

Journal
Ecosystem-Based Management for Marine Based Ecosystems
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511973956.005
Region
Northeast