Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Global Overview of Marine Fisheries

2. Obligations to Protect Marine Ecosystems under International Conventions and Other Legal Instruments

3. Incorporating Ecosystem Considerations into Fisheries Management: Large-scale Industry Perspectives

4. Small-scale Fisheries Perspectives on an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries Management

5. An Environmentalist’s Perspective on Responsible Fisheries: the Need for Holistic Approaches

6. Ecological Geography as a Framework for a Transition Toward Responsible Fishing

7. The Functioning of Marine Ecosystems: a Fisheries Perspective

8. Food Webs in the Ocean: Who Eats Whom and How Much?

9. Regional Assessments of Prey Consumption and Competition by Marine Cetaceans in the World

10. Multi-species and Ecosystem Models in a Management Context

11. Multiple Uses of Marine Ecosystems

12. Impacts of Fishing Gear on Marine Benthic Habitats

13. The Magnitude and Impact of By-catch Mortality by Fishing Gear

14 The Effects of Fishing on Species and Genetic Diversity

15. The Effects of Fishing on Non-target Species and Ecosystem Structure and Function

16. Anthropogenically Induced Changes in the Environment: Effect on Fisheries

17. The Performance of Fisheries Management Systems and the Ecosystem Challenge

18. The Role of Harvest Control Laws, Risk and Uncertainty and the Precautionary Approach in Ecosystem-based Management

19. Modifying Fishing Gear to Achieve Ecosystem Objectives

20. Incorporating Ecosystem Objectives into Management of Sustainable Marine Fisheries, Including ‘Best Practice’ Reference Points and Use of Marine Protected Areas

21. Governance for Responsible Fisheries: an Ecosystem Approach

22 Towards Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management

Appendix 1. Industry Perspectives

Appendix 2. The Reykjavik Declaration on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem

Index