Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster

The North Sea provides a useful model for considering forage fish (FF) within ecosystem-based management as it has a complex assemblage of FF species. This paper is designed to encourage further debate and dialogue between stakeholders about management objectives. Changing the management of fisherie...

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Autores principales: Dickey-Collas, M, Engelhard, GH, Rindorf, A, Raab, K, Smout, S, Aarts, Geert, Deurs, M. van, Brunel, T., Hoff, A, Lauerburg, RAM, Garthe, S, Andersen, KH, Scott, F, Kooten, T van, Beare, Douglas J., Peck, MA
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52161
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author Dickey-Collas, M
Engelhard, GH
Rindorf, A
Raab, K
Smout, S
Aarts, Geert
Deurs, M. van
Brunel, T.
Hoff, A
Lauerburg, RAM
Garthe, S
Andersen, KH
Scott, F
Kooten, T van
Beare, Douglas J.
Peck, MA
author_browse Aarts, Geert
Andersen, KH
Beare, Douglas J.
Brunel, T.
Deurs, M. van
Dickey-Collas, M
Engelhard, GH
Garthe, S
Hoff, A
Kooten, T van
Lauerburg, RAM
Peck, MA
Raab, K
Rindorf, A
Scott, F
Smout, S
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Engelhard, GH
Rindorf, A
Raab, K
Smout, S
Aarts, Geert
Deurs, M. van
Brunel, T.
Hoff, A
Lauerburg, RAM
Garthe, S
Andersen, KH
Scott, F
Kooten, T van
Beare, Douglas J.
Peck, MA
author_sort Dickey-Collas, M
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description The North Sea provides a useful model for considering forage fish (FF) within ecosystem-based management as it has a complex assemblage of FF species. This paper is designed to encourage further debate and dialogue between stakeholders about management objectives. Changing the management of fisheries on FF will have economic consequences for all fleets in the North Sea. The predators that are vulnerable to the depletion of FF are Sandwich terns, great skua and common guillemots, and to a lesser extent, marine mammals. Comparative evaluations of management strategies are required to consider whether maintaining the reserves of prey biomass or a more integral approach of monitoring mortality rates across the trophic system is more robust under the ecosystem approach. In terms of trophic energy transfer, stability, and resilience of the ecosystem, FF should be considered as both a sized-based pool of biomass and as species components of the system by managers and modellers. Policy developers should not consider the knowledge base robust enough to embark on major projects of ecosystem engineering. Management plans appear able to maintain sustainable exploitation in the short term. Changes in the productivity of FF populations are inevitable so management should remain responsive and adaptive.
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spelling CGSpace521612024-08-27T10:36:17Z Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster Dickey-Collas, M Engelhard, GH Rindorf, A Raab, K Smout, S Aarts, Geert Deurs, M. van Brunel, T. Hoff, A Lauerburg, RAM Garthe, S Andersen, KH Scott, F Kooten, T van Beare, Douglas J. Peck, MA climate agriculture forage fish ecosystems fishery management biomass The North Sea provides a useful model for considering forage fish (FF) within ecosystem-based management as it has a complex assemblage of FF species. This paper is designed to encourage further debate and dialogue between stakeholders about management objectives. Changing the management of fisheries on FF will have economic consequences for all fleets in the North Sea. The predators that are vulnerable to the depletion of FF are Sandwich terns, great skua and common guillemots, and to a lesser extent, marine mammals. Comparative evaluations of management strategies are required to consider whether maintaining the reserves of prey biomass or a more integral approach of monitoring mortality rates across the trophic system is more robust under the ecosystem approach. In terms of trophic energy transfer, stability, and resilience of the ecosystem, FF should be considered as both a sized-based pool of biomass and as species components of the system by managers and modellers. Policy developers should not consider the knowledge base robust enough to embark on major projects of ecosystem engineering. Management plans appear able to maintain sustainable exploitation in the short term. Changes in the productivity of FF populations are inevitable so management should remain responsive and adaptive. 2014-01-01 2014-12-16T06:37:37Z 2014-12-16T06:37:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52161 en Limited Access Oxford University Press Dickey-Collas M, Engelhard GH, Rindorf A, Raab K, Smout S, Aarts G, Deurs, M van, Brunel T, Hoff A, Lauerburg RAM, Garthe S, Andersen KH, Scott F, Kooten T van, Beare D, Peck MA. 2013. Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster. ICES Journal of Marine Science 71(1):128-142
spellingShingle climate
agriculture
forage
fish
ecosystems
fishery management
biomass
Dickey-Collas, M
Engelhard, GH
Rindorf, A
Raab, K
Smout, S
Aarts, Geert
Deurs, M. van
Brunel, T.
Hoff, A
Lauerburg, RAM
Garthe, S
Andersen, KH
Scott, F
Kooten, T van
Beare, Douglas J.
Peck, MA
Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster
title Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster
title_full Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster
title_fullStr Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster
title_full_unstemmed Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster
title_short Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster
title_sort ecosystem based management objectives for the north sea riding the forage fish rollercoaster
topic climate
agriculture
forage
fish
ecosystems
fishery management
biomass
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52161
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