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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

24-25.10.2016: dr. Simion Nicolaev, dr. Tania Zaharia, dr. Valodia Maximov participated in Bucharest, Romania, to the HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE TOWARDS ENHANCED COOPERATION ON BLACK SEA FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE, organized by ther General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), in collaboration with the Black Sea Commission, Eurofish, ACCOBAMS and BSEC.   The first day was dedicated to

ICES Secretariat has an open vacancy for Head of Advisory Support. Deadline for applications: 20 October. Published: 5 October 2016 The Head of Advisory Support leads the Advisory Department in the ICES Secretariat. The Advisory Department comprises 15 staff members who support the delivery of  advisory products from single fish stocks to multi-species and mixed

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 Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the European Commission (EC) are organizing an event on October 3rd, 2016, to celebrate the 20 years of SA-EU STI Cooperation (South-Africa-EU Science, technology and innovation cooperation).  The event will be in a form of a dinner hosted by Her Excellency Mrs Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science

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