| Description |
xviii, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contributors -- Foreword, Director-General of FAO -- Foreword, Minister of Fisheries, Iceland -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introductory Reviews -- 1. Global Overview of Marine Fisheries, Serge M. Garcia and Ignacio de Leiva Moreno -- 2. Obligations to Protect Marine Ecosystems under International Conventions and Other Legal Instruments, Transform Aqorau -- 3. Incorporating Ecosystem Considerations into Fisheries Management: Large-scale Industry Perspectives, Bernt O. Bodal -- 4. Small-scale Fisheries Perspectives on an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries Management, Sebastian Mathew -- 5. An Environmentalist's Perspective on Responsible Fisheries: the Need for Holistic Approaches, Tundi Agardy -- Part Ii: Dynamics Of Marine Ecosystems -- 6. Ecological Geography as a Framework for a Transition Toward Responsible Fishing, Daniel Pauly, Reg Watson, and Villy Christensen -- 7. The Functioning of Marine Ecosystems: a Fisheries Perspective, Philippe Cury, Lynne Shannon, and Yunne-Jai Shin -- 8. Food Webs in the Ocean: Who Eats Whom and How Much?, Andrew W. Trites -- 9. Regional Assessments of Prey Consumption and Competition by Marine Cetaceans in the World, Tsutomu Tamura -- 10. Multi-species and Ecosystem Models in a Management Context, Gunnar Stefansson -- Part Iii: The Role Of Man In Marine Ecosystems -- 11. Multiple Uses of Marine Ecosystems, Andrew A. Rosenberg -- 12. Impacts of Fishing Gear on Marine Benthic Habitats, Michel J. Kaiser et al. -- 13. The Magnitude and Impact of By-catch Mortality by Fishing Gear, Robin Cook -- 14. The Effects of Fishing on Species and Genetic Diversity, Ellen L. Kenchington -- 15. The Effects of Fishing on Non-target Species and Ecosystem Structure and Function, Henrik Gislason -- 16. Anthropogenically Induced Changes in the Environment: Effect on Fisheries, Katherine Richardson -- Part Iv: Incorporating Ecosystem Considerations In Fisheries Management -- 17. The Performance of Fisheries Management Systems and the Ecosystem Challenge, Jon G. Sutinen and Mark Soboil -- 18. The Role of Harvest Control Laws, Risk and Uncertainty and the Precautionary Approach in Ecosystem-based Management, Douglas S. Butterworth and A. E. Punt -- 19. Modifying Fishing Gear to Achieve Ecosystem Objectives, John W. Valdemarsen and Petri Suuronen -- 20. Incorporating Ecosystem Objectives into Management of Sustainable Marine Fisheries, Including 'Best Practice' Reference Points and Use of Marine Protected Areas, Keith Sainsbury and Ussif Rashid Sumaila -- 21. Governance for Responsible Fisheries: an Ecosystem Approach, Michael P. Sissenwine and Pamela M. Mace -- 22. Towards Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management, FAO -- Appendix 1: Industry Perspectives -- Appendix 2: The Reykjavik Declaration on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem -- Index |
| Summary |
This book addresses ecological and environmental issues associated with responsible and sustainable marine fisheries. It includes 22 chapters and has been developed from the Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem held in Iceland in October 2001. Contents include: a global overview of marine capture fisheries; legal protection for marine ecosystems; dynamics of marine ecosystems; the role of man in marine ecosystems; and incorporating ecosystem considerations in fisheries management. The book has a subject index |
| Notes |
"Edited papers from the Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem, which was held from 1-4 October 2001 in Reykjavik, Iceland"-Pref |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat |
| Subject |
Sustainable fisheries -- Congresses.
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Fishery management -- Congresses.
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Marine ecology -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Sinclair, Michael, 1944-
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Valdimarsson, G. (Grimur)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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| LC no. |
2002011121 |
| ISBN |
0851996337 alkaline paper |
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