Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 The Bergen Conference on Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (Bergen, Norway, 26–28 September 2006): Summary and Main Conclusions

2 The Concept of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in FAO

3 The Ecosystem Approach of the Convention on Biological Diversity

4 The Large Marine Ecosystem Approach to Marine Resources Assessment and Management

5 Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Capture Fisheries: Not a Theoretical Concept but Useful Operational Reality!

6 The Human Side of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: Preliminary Results of an FAO Expert Consultation

7 Research Requirements of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

8 Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: Lessons Learned from Applying a Practical EAFM Framework in Australia and the Pacific

9 Benefits and Costs of Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

10 Creating Incentives for the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: A Portfolio of Approaches

11 Fisheries Assessment and Decision Making: Towards an Integrated Advisory Process

12 The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: An Industry Perspective

13 Ecosystem Approach to Management: Definitions, Principles and Experiences from Implementation in the North Sea

14 Management Plan for the Norwegian Part of the Barents Sea Ecosystem

15 Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management in Iceland: Implementation and Some Practical Considerations

16 The Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the Benguela Region: Experiences, Advances and Problems

17 Implementing the Ecosystem Approach in Australian Commonwealth (Federally)-managed Fisheries

18 The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the USA

19 Are the Lake Victoria Fisheries Threatened by Exploitation or Eutrophication? Towards an Ecosystem-based Approach to Management

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