Sci. Report 29- PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization

Report 29 (January 2005)

Report of the Study Group on “Ecosystem-Based Management Science
and its application to the North Pacific”

Full report [pdf, 0.7 MB]

Table of Contents:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL EBM HISTORY

References

CANADA

Overview
Activities to date
Integrated Management implementation in Canada

Objectives, indicators and reference points
Assessment approaches
Research directions for the future
Management directions for the future
References

JAPAN
Overview
Conservation and sustainable use of marine living resources

Harvest control by TAC system
Stock Recovery Plan and effort regulation system
Stock enhancement by hatchery-produced juvenile release
Conservation and sustainable develop-ment on coastal waters
The implementation of ecosystem-based management

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Overview
Current actions

Output control
Input control
Summer fishing ban
Enhance ecosystem health

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Initiatives and actions of ecosystem-based management in Korea
Current ecosystem-based management initiatives in Korea

Precautionary TAC-based fishery management
Closed fishing season/areas
Fish size- and sex-controls
Fishing gear design restrictions
Marine protected areas (MPA)

RUSSIA

Existing and anticipated ecosystem-based management initiatives
Issues related to the implementation of ecosystem-based management

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Definitions and approaches to ecosystem-based fishery management in the United States
Present U.S. legislative mandates relating to ecosystem-based fishery management

Target species
Bycatch species
Threatened or endangered species
Habitats
Food webs
Ecosystems
Integration of legislative mandates into an ecosystem approach
Scientific issues in implementing ecosystem-based approaches
References

DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDICES
Appendix 10.1 Study group membership and participants
Appendix 10.2 Terminology definitions
Appendix 10.3 Present state of implementing ecosystem-based fishery management in Alaska: Alaska groundfish fisheries
Appendix 10.4 Present state of implementing ecosystem-based fishery management off the West Coast of the United States: Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries
Appendix 10.5 Descriptions of multi-species and ecosystem models developed or under development in the U.S. North Pacific region that might be used to predict effects of fishing on ecosystems
Appendix 10.6 A potential standard reporting format (developed by Australia, and currently being used by the U.S.A in their contribution to this report)

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