The first ecosystem model that covers the complete food web of the western Baltic Sea predicts how marine life in the region would react to different fisheries scenarios and additional human-induced ...

Karen Fisher receives funding from the New Zealand Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (C01X1901) through the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge’s Phase II Project 4.2 Options for ...

The paper examines the meaning of ecosystem-based management (EBM) and the ecosystem approach, their definition and implications. It discusses the linkages between EBM, the ecosystem approach and the ...

Despite its benefits and recognition as a keystone practice of ocean stewardship and conservation, adoption of ecosystem-based management has been slow to take hold. To support this change in ocean ...

Fishing provides an essential food source as well as livelihoods for millions of people. Yet many of the world’s fisheries have extremely serious impacts on marine ecosystems and many fisheries are ...

First western Baltic Sea ecosystem model shows that ecosystem-based management increases catches of cod and herring as well as food web resilience to ocean warming Using model simulations, the ...

Marine management integrating knowledge of different elements of the ecosystem is critical to achieving the varied goals people have for coastal and ocean places, such as this marsh and mudflat ...