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Changing U.S. Ocean Policy Can Set a New Direction for Marine Resource Management

Andrew A. Rosenberg, University of New Hampshire

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Abstract

A central concept in a new direction for ocean policy in the United States is ecosystem-based management, that is, implementation of management integrated across sectors of human activity to achieve the common goal of conserving the structure and function of marine ecosystems to provide a full suite of ecosystem services. Fisheries are a critical sector of ocean activity that impacts these ecosystems, and fishery management is in urgent need of reform to perform better from a conservation perspective. Here, I suggest some specific changes in perspective for fishery management as part of an overall ecosystem-based approach.

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fishery management; marine conservation; ocean policy

Ecology and Society. ISSN: 1708-3087