ICES Journal of Marine Science. What is the role of ICES in providing ecosystem advice for fisheries management? What are the main shortcomings that need to be addressed? Is it to advance in ecosystem carrying capacity, in integrating ecosystem status on stock dynamics, in scoping exercises? Find the answers in the paper just released in
Advanced school on Multispecies Modelling Approaches for Ecosystem Based Marine Resource Management in the Mediterranean Sea. Application deadline: 30 April 2017. WHAT: Globally applicable Area Disaggregated General Ecosystem Toolbox (GADGET); Models of Intermediate Complexity for Ecosystem assessments (MICE). When: from 30 July to 5 August 2017 Where: Torretta Granitola (Sicily) at the Unit of Capo
Hakai Magazine, 15 March 2017. More than 100 ago, the intricate interconnections in the ocean were glimpsed and the need to unravel them to make the best management decisions foresaw. Aaron Orlowski has released "The Fisheries Scientist Who Saw the Future" wondering why are we struggling to implement some recommendations for fisheries management. Particular attention
ICES. ASC 2016. The summary of the Theme Session covened by Mark Payne, Desiree Tommasi and Alistair Hobday has been released. The rationale points out to the increase in boht the amount of oceanographic observations available, and in particular, the development of environmental forecasts with meaningful skill on the seasonal-to-decadal (3 months-10 years) time scales.
ICES Journal of Marine Sciences. Cormier et al (2016) state that scientific impediments to the implementation of ecosystem-based management (EBM) are no longer significant to implement EBM operationally. In their view, operational implementation is a management problem solving issue rather than a scientific one. Would MareFramers agree? The full abstract is available here Reference: Roland
The DG-MARE has released the final report of the DAMARA Project (DemersAl Mixed fishery Analysis tool for Regional Advice), which arouse from a North Western Waters Advisory Council initiative to develop a mixed-fisheries management plan for the Celtic Sea and a parallel initiative by the European Associacion of Fish Producers Organizations to improve selectivity in
The Workshop on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Advice in the European Union will be held at ICES on the 4th October 2016. The implementation of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) has been discussed widely and is stated as a goal in many legal frameworks including the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). While
Fish and Fisheries. Long, Charles y Stephenson (2016) analyze the implementation gap for a widespread adoption of the ecosystem-based management approach in fisheries. The article constrast fishermen's perspectives of EBM principles (based on a survey conduced in Atlantic Canada) with those offered in the literature. The methodological approach is a valuable tool for comparison and
European Commission, July 2016. Systematic, consistent and comprenhensive data collection is critical for robust scientific advice. The European Commission has adopted a new, simpler rules fro data collection in the fisheries sector for the period 2017-2020. As stated in the rationale: "Data collection is essential for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), as
AquaTT News. The Atlas Project (A trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-sea ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe, H2020) kicked off on June 2016. This marks the beginning of an exciting series of expeditions involving at least 25 research cruises and hundreds of scientists from 10 European countries, the USA and Canada, working collaboratively to explore the