Why an ecosystem approach is the wrong paradigm for the next stage of fisheries management

dc.contributor.author	Corkett, Christopher J.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-21T20:46:50Z
dc.date.available	2010-01-21T20:46:50Z
dc.date.issued	2006-09-13
dc.description.abstract	Scientists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) manage groundfish stocks by collecting biomass measurements that are used to provide scientific advice on catch limits. Clearly, if the data is uncertain or incomplete the scientific advice will be uncertain and incomplete. Better decisions come from finding better data, data that are more certain (by removing uncertainty?) or more complete (by taking an ecosystem approach?). However, it is a matter of elementary logic that policy decisions together with goals (such as sustainability) and standards (such as the precautionary principle) cannot be produced from, or be reduced to, facts or data; decisions have to be taken.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10222/12425
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Poster presented to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO). Conference: Environmental and Ecosystem Histories in the Northwest Atlantic – What Influences Living Marine resources? 13-15 September 2006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.;
dc.title	Why an ecosystem approach is the wrong paradigm for the next stage of fisheries management	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Poster presented at the Conference of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), 2006. Dartmouth, N.S.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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