Implementing ecosystem-based fisheries management: from single-species to integrated ecosystem assessment and advice for Baltic Sea fish stocks

Möllmann, Christian; Lindegren, Martin; Blenckner, Thorsten; Bergström, Lena; Casini, Michèle; Diekmann, Rabea; Flinkman, Juha; Müller‐Karulis, Bärbel; Neuenfeldt, Stefan; Schmidt, Jörn O.; Tomczak, Maciej; Voss, R.; Gårdmark, Anna

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“…In many cases, long-term monitoring programs evaluate the demographic status and trends of various marine populations (Borja et al, 2010 and references therein). Holistic approaches require integrated monitoring and assessment of both abiotic and biotic parameters, including multiple species (Arkema et al, 2006;Day et al, 2008;Curtin and Prellezo, 2010;Möllmann et al, 2014) and, ideally, multiple trophic levels to capture Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function (BEF) relationships (Strong et al, 2015).…”

Section: Monitoring the Marine System: Supported By Legal Obligationmentioning

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DNA Sequencing as a Tool to Monitor Marine Ecological Status

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Many ocean policies mandate integrated, ecosystem-based approaches to marine monitoring, driving a global need for efficient, low-cost bioindicators of marine ecological quality. Most traditional methods to assess biological quality rely on specialized expertise to provide visual identification of a limited set of specific taxonomic groups, a time-consuming process that can provide a narrow view of ecological status. In addition, microbial assemblages drive food webs but are not amenable to visual inspection and thus are largely excluded from detailed inventory. Molecular-based assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem function offer advantages over traditional methods and are increasingly being generated for a suite of taxa using a "microbes to mammals" or "barcodes to biomes" approach. Progress in these efforts coupled with continued improvements in high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics pave the way for sequence data to be employed in formal integrated ecosystem evaluation, including food web assessments, as called for in the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive. DNA sequencing of bioindicators, both traditional (e.g., benthic macroinvertebrates, ichthyoplankton) and emerging (e.g., microbial assemblages, fish via eDNA), promises to improve assessment of marine biological quality by increasing the breadth, depth, and throughput of information and by reducing costs and reliance on specialized taxonomic expertise.

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Section: Monitoring the Marine System: Supported By Legal Obligationmentioning

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DNA Sequencing as a Tool to Monitor Marine Ecological Status

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“…This is pursued through recent developments in ICES to explore and establish so-called Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (IEAs), which should serve as 'a formal synthesis tool to quantitatively analyse information on relevant natural and socioeconomic factors, in relation to specified management objectives' (Möllmann et al, 2014(Möllmann et al, , p. 1188. Our observations clearly demonstrate that the inherent challenge of IEA's to include social and economic management perspectives severely contests the classic demarcation between science and policy.…”

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Knowledge for environmental governance: probing science–policy theory in the cases of eutrophication and fisheries in the Baltic Sea

Saunders

Gilek

Linke

2017

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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How science and policy interact has been a major research focus in the International Relations (IR) tradition, using the epistemic community (EC) concept, as well as in the alternative perspective of Science and Technology Studies (STS). Should science be autonomous and as apolitical as possible in order to 'speak truth to power', as suggested by EC or should the inevitable entanglement of science and politics be accepted and embraced so as to make advice more conducive to negotiating the explicit travails of political decision-making as suggested by STS? With this point of departure, we compare similarities and differences between science-policy interactions in the issue areas of eutrophication and fisheries management of the Baltic Sea. To examine how knowledge is mobilised, the concepts of 'uncertainty' and 'coherence' are developed, drawing on both EC and STS thinking. We then reflect on the explanatory value of these approaches in both cases and discuss how a separation of science and policy-making in the pursuit of achieving scientific consensus leads to ineffectual policies. Drawing on STS thinking, we urge for a reconceptualisation of coherence in order to accommodate a more reflexive practice of science-policy interactions.ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Recently, several marine ecological studies have shown how mutual benefits may be reached through an integrated management of fisheries and the environment (Pikitch et al 2004, Möllmann et al 2014, Seitz et al 2014). In contrast to the situation in northern Europe, there is much stronger focus on EFH in the research and management in e.g.…”

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Essential fish habitats (EFH)

Kraufvelin¹,

Pekcan‐Hekim²,

Bergström³

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Essential fish habitats (EFH)Conclusions from a workshop on the importance, mapping, monitoring, threats and conservation of coastal EFH in the Baltic Sea Patrik Kraufvelin, Ulf Bergström, Annukka Lehikoinen, This publication has been published with financial support by the Nordic Council of Ministers. However, the contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views, policies or recommendations of the Nordic Council of Ministers. www.norden.org/nordpubNordic co-operation Nordic co-operation is one of the world's most extensive forms of regional collaboration, involving Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland.Nordic co-operation has firm traditions in politics, the economy, and culture. It plays an important role in European and international collaboration, and aims at creating a strong Nordic community in a strong Europe.Nordic co-operation seeks to safeguard Nordic and regional interests and principles in the global community. Common Nordic values help the region solidify its position as one of the world's most innovative and competitive. Nordic Council of Ministers PrefaceMany coastal and offshore fish species in the Baltic Sea are strongly dependent on shallow and sheltered near-shore habitats for their spawning, nursery, feeding and migration. Still, the role of these essential fish habitats, EFH, for the development and support of fish stocks and communities has received relatively little attention. As EFH in the Baltic often are found in the same parts of the coastal zone that are highly utilized and valued by humans, they are subjected to many threats and therefore management needs are urgent. In addition, EFH provide and support important ecosystem services and are included in national and international agreements and legislative acts as the Baltic Sea Action Plan, Habitats Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Despite this, the conservation status of EFH is generally poor in the region. As a result of these shortcomings and needs, the Nordic Council of Ministers financed a project including a workshop with Baltic Sea experts with the aim to review the importance of, protection of and threats to coastal EFH in the Baltic Sea. This report describes the results of the project, primarily focusing on the outcome of the workshop. SummaryMany fish species in the Baltic Sea are highly dependent on shallow and sheltered coastal habitats that they use for spawning, nursery, feeding and migration. Still, the role of these essential fish habitats (EFH) for the development and support of fish stocks and communities has received relatively little attention, even though there is general consensus among scientists about their critical importance. Little is also known about the major threats to EFH, and their conservation status in different countries has previously not been reviewed. As EFH often are found in the same parts of the coastal zone that are also highly valued by humans, this gap in knowledge needs to be addressed. Hence, there is an...

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Implementing ecosystem-based fisheries management: from single-species to integrated ecosystem assessment and advice for Baltic Sea fish stocks

Cited by 103 publications

References 79 publications

DNA Sequencing as a Tool to Monitor Marine Ecological Status

DNA Sequencing as a Tool to Monitor Marine Ecological Status

Knowledge for environmental governance: probing science–policy theory in the cases of eutrophication and fisheries in the Baltic Sea

Essential fish habitats (EFH)

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