S1: Science
Board Symposium (¾
day)
Mechanisms of climate and human impacts on ecosystems
in marginal seas and shelf regions
Co-Convenors: Kuh Kim (SB), Michael J. Dagg (BIO), Yukimasa Ishida
(FIS), John E. Stein (MEQ), Michael G. Foreman (POC), Igor I. Shevchenko
(TCODE), Phillip R. Mundy (MONITOR), and Harold P. Batchelder and
Suam Kim (CCCC)
S7: MEQ/FIS Topic
Session (1 day)
Current and emerging issues of marine and estuarine aquaculture
in the Pacific region: Carrying capacity, ecosystem function and
socioeconomics
Co-Convenors: Ik-Kyo Chung (Korea), Jian-Guang Fang (China), Carolyn
Friedman (U.S.A.) and Galina S. Gavrilova (Russia)
It is well recognized that for successful and
long-term utilization of waters for aquaculture and other uses,
we must consider the allocation of resources and trophic structure
of the system. Ecosystem-based management of resources requires
ways to monitor current conditions and predict future states, particularly
in response to known human activities that impact the marine environment.
Mariculture is an important expanding industry in all PICES countries,
and this session will consider mariculture as a case study on how
the ecosystem impacts of a particular human activity can be managed.
Indicators and predictive models are being used to evaluate and
hypothesize the responses of an ecosystem to environmental impact
and resulting management actions. This session will bring experts
together to identify criteria for suitable indicators and the utilities
of predictive models relevant to the impacts of mariculture, to
assess the sensitivities of indicators, and to highlight gaps in
current knowledge.