ICES has released an interview with three of the extperts involved in the Strategic Initiative on the Human Dimension (SIHD) about the defining the "human dimension" concept, its importance, and what they bring to the table. Ecological economist Jasper Kenter, social scientist Marloes Kraan and ecologist and conservation biologist Phil Levin point out to drivers,
The last week ICES organized MSEAS 2016, focused on Understanding marine socio-ecological systems: including the human dimension in integrated Ecosystem Assessments. Four MareFramers (IFM, UiT, UI and CETMAR) presented on-going results from the project, addressing policy-science-society interfaces, stakeholders engagement and coupling models and fishers behaviours. Cartoon by Bas Kholer © 2016 www.baskholer.nl Searching for addtional
Research Article. A recent open access release addresses the integration of scientific and local knowledge to advance in Ecosystem modelling. Bevilacqua et al. (2016) model the same fishing area using fisher's knowledge and scientific information. The study provides evidence that fishers’ knowledge may suitably complement scientific data, and may improve the modeling tools for the
Improving Fisheries Advice within an Ecosystem Approach is one of the MareFrame tasks. The question of which quantitative modelling tools can be used to support an ecosystem approach to management has been addressed from several angles. Anne B. Hollowed et al. (2011) focused on the implications of decisions on the biological system being managed. By
On April 11th representatives of the North Sea Advisory Council have participated in the Decision Support Workshop for the North Sea Case Study in The Hague. Leaded by John Pope, this is one of the most challenging case studies for MareFrame (view details here). Since 2014, the NSAC has proactively contributed to both the overarching
MEAM Feb-Mar 2015, Issue 8:3 The MEAM issue provides useful insights into what scientist tend do wrong, do right and can improve in communicating science to policy-makers. Shortly: Build trust with policy-makers instead of just focusing on short-term wins. When describing your science, lead with the "why" not the "what". Policy-makers and their constituents don't
ICES Ecosystem overviews have been released for the following regions: Barents Sea Ecoregion - Ecosystem overview Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast Ecoregion – Ecosystem overview Celtic Seas Ecoregion – Ecosystem overview Greater North Sea Ecoregion – Ecosystem overview These overviews feature ecosystem descriptions combined with long-term species trends and long-term trends in drivers of
On February 26th representatives of the Pelagic Advisory Council have participated in the Decision Support Workshop for the North Sea Case Study in The Hague. Leaded by John Pope, this is one of the most challenging case studies for MareFrame (view details here). Since 2014, the PELAC has proactively contributed to both the overarching goals
Defining researchers as "professionals engaged in the creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems, as well as the management of these projects", currently only 28% of R&D workers wordlwide are women, according to a study by UNESCO. MareFrame is proud of its figures, from the project Coordinator -Anna K. Danielsdottir- to the 43%
Editor’s Choice of the latest issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science show how insurance concepts allow evaluations of trade-offs between economic gains and risks for an anchovy stock. Rincón et al describe an innovative way of measuring the economic value of accounting for specific sources of variability in stock dynamics. The study builds