Sci. Report 37- PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization

Report 37 (September 2010)

Report of Working Group 19 on Ecosystem-based Management Science and its Application to the North Pacific


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Preface [pdf, 0.1 Mb] Acknowledgment Abbreviations and Acronyms Executive Summary				v
1.	Introduction
	1.1	Reference

2.	Developing an Ecosystem-based Approach for Ocean Management in the PICES Region David Fluharty, Chris Harvey, Glen Jamieson, Xianshi Jin, Patricia Livingston, Mitsutaku Makino, Vladimir Radchenko and Chang-Ik Zhang (pdf, 0.7 Mb)			3
	2.1	Introduction		3
		2.1.1	Ecosystem-based Management/Ecosystem Approach to Management Typology	6
		2.1.2	Country Profiles	6
		2.1.3	References	7

	2.2	Canada		8
		2.2.1	Objectives/Purposes, Goals and Legislative Mandates for Ecosystem-based Management	8
		2.2.2	Current Implementation	8
		2.2.3	Future Implementation	11
		2.2.4	Canadian Template of Ocean Management Activities	13
		2.2.5	References	33

	2.3	Japan		35
		2.3.1	Ocean Management Activities Relative to Ecosystem-based Management	35

	2.4	People’s Republic of China		40
		2.4.1	Agencies Involved in Ocean Management	40
		2.4.2	Fisheries Management Measures for Ecosystem-based Management	41

	2.5	Republic of Korea		42
		2.5.1	Ocean Management Activities Relative to Ecosystem-based Management	42
		2.5.2	References	45

	2.6	Russia		46
		2.6.1	Ecosystem-based Principles in Contemporary Fisheries Management in the Russian Far East	46
		2.6.2	Ecosystem Approaches to Management	46
		2.6.3	Ecosystem Studies	48
		2.6.4	Science for Ecosystem Approach to Management	48
		2.6.5	Fisheries Regulation	50
		2.6.6	References	51

	2.7	United States of America		53
		2.7.1	Definition of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management	53
		2.7.2	Overview of Fisheries Management Implementation at the Federal Level	53
		2.7.3	Case Study 1: Eastern Bering Sea	55
		2.7.4	Case Study 2: U.S. Pacific Coast Groundfish	63
		2.7.5	References	75

	2.8	Progress Toward Ecosystem Approaches to Management – Fisheries		78

	2.9	Relevant National Marine Ecosystem Monitoring Approaches		82
		2.9.1	References	82

3.	Ecosystem Indicators R. Ian Perry, Patricia Livingston and Elizabeth A. Fulton (pdf, 0.1 Mb)			83
	3.1	Introduction		83
		3.1.1	Classes of Indicators	83
		3.1.2	Characteristics of Good Indicators	84
		3.1.3	Potential Indicators	84
		3.1.4	Communicating Indicators	88
		3.1.5	Recommendations	89
		3.1.6	References	89

4.	National Approaches Used to Describe and Delineate Marine Ecosystems and Subregions in the North Pacific Chris Harvey, Glen Jamieson, Patricia Livingston, Chang-Ik Zhang, Elena Dulepova, David Fluharty, Xianshi Jin, Tatsu Kishida, Jae Bong Lee, Mitsutaku Makino, R. Ian Perry, Vladimir Radchenko, Qisheng Tang, Inja Yeon and Elizabeth Fulton (pdf, 0.7 Mb)			91
	4.1	Introduction		91

	4.2	National Summaries		93
		4.2.1	People’s Republic of China	93
		4.2.2	Republic of Korea	95
		4.2.3	Japan	97
		4.2.4	Russia	101
		4.2.5	United States of America – Alaskan Waters	103
		4.2.6	Canada	106
		4.2.7	United States of America – Pacific Coast	108
		4.2.8	Discussion	110
		4.2.9	Conclusions	113
		4.2.10	References	113

5.	Summary (pdf, 0.1 Mb)			117
	5.1	Recommendations for Looking beyond WG 19		118
		5.1.1	Advice on the Structure and Content of Future North Pacific Ecosystem Status Reports	119

	5.2	Ecosystem-based Management in International Waters		119

	5.3	Bibliography		119

Apendices (pdf, 0.2 Mb)
Apendix 1			Membership of Working Group on Ecosystem-based Management and its Application to the North Pacific (WG 19)	121

Apendix 2			Template for Ecosystem-based Fishery Management Country Profiles of Ocean Management Activities	123

Apendix 3			Terminology	127

Apendix 4			Department of Fisheries and Oceans Ecosystem Overview and Assessment (EOA) Report Format	129

Apendix 5			WG 19 Annual Reports	133

Apendix 6			PICES Press Article	163

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