Ecosystem approaches to fisheries : a global perspective / edited by Villy Christensen, Jay Maclean.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: toward ecosystem-based management of fisheries 1

Section I Life in the oceans 9

2 The oxygen constraint 11
the FishBase and SeaLifeBase story 24

4 The science in FishBase 47
Section II Evaluating impact on marine life 53

5 How much fish is being extracted from the oceans and what is it worth? 55

6 Fishing down food webs 72

7 Aquaculture up and down the food web 89

fish in the twentyfirst century 120
perception deception and the future of our oceans 128
Section III Managing living resources 143
10 Assessment of Exploited Stocks of Tropical Fishes: an overview 145

11 Ecosystem-based fisheries management in the face of climate change 171

12 Progress in the use of ecosystem modeling for fisheries management 189
Section IV The human side 207

13 Science and capacity building for sustainable development in fisheries 209

14 Thinking big on smallscale fisheries 226
the scale and modes of integration 241

16 Global fisheries economic analysis 272
Section V Impacting policy 281

17 Linking conservation policy and science 283
18 Using the science 290

19 The scientist as communicator 295

20 Scenario development for decision making 304

21 The relationship between science and ocean policy 315

Index

Includes bibliographical references and index.