Context : In August 2007 a Regional Committee of scientists initiated a process aimed to fill knowledge gaps in the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Science program deemed key for the development of ecosystem approaches to fisheries in the NL region. This work evolved into the regional component of the DFO Ecosystem Research Initiative (ERI), the “Newfoundland and Labra...

Titles in the Fisheries Research Report series present technical and scientific information for use in management processes. Research Reports are subject to full internal refereeing by senior scientists of the Fisheries Research Division, and in many cases, elements of the work are published in international scientific literature. A preliminary investigation of the potential impacts of the prop...

Previous studies highlight the winners and losers in fisheries under climate change based on shifts in biomass, species composition and potential catches. Understanding how climate change is likely to alter the fisheries revenues of maritime countries is a crucial next step towards the development of effective socio-economic policy and food sustainability strategies to mitigate and adapt to cli...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, finfish fisheries are receiving increasing assessment and regulation, slowly leading to more sustainable exploitation and rebuilding. In their wake, invertebrate fisheries are rapidly expanding with little scientific scrutiny despite increasing socio-economic importance. METHODS AND FINDINGS We provide the first global evaluation of the trends, drivers, and population an...

Fisheries management is characterized by multiple and conflicting objectives, multiple stakeholders with divergent interests and high levels of uncertainty about the dynamics of the resources being managed. This conjunction of issues can result in high levels of contention and poor outcomes in the management process. Management strategy evaluation (MSE) can assist in the resolution of these iss...

1 Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Box 7646, Raleigh, U.S.A., Email: [email protected] 2 Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, Email: [email protected] 3 Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M Univer...

This article examines two strands of discourse on wild capture fisheries; one that focuses on resource sustainability and environmental impacts, another related to food and nutrition security and human well-being. Available data and research show that, for countries most dependent on fish to meet the nutritional requirements of their population, wild capture fisheries remain the dominant suppli...

1Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, United Republic of; 2Glasgow University, Glasgow, United Kingdom; 3Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, United Republic of; 4Ministry of Health, Zanzibar, Pemba, Tanzania, United Republic of; 5Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of; ...

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is bound by its Article II, 3 to follow an ecosystem approach to management. This approach has been extended to the application of a precautionary approach in the late 1980s. In our review, we deal primarily with the science-related aspects of CCAMLR and its development towards an ecosystem approach to the managem...