Ocean Fisheries Management explores the crucial topic of balancing ocean harvesting with the long-term health of fish populations. It emphasizes using sustainable practices and real-world fishery data to inform effective strategies.
The book highlights the historical context of fisheries management, revealing how unregulated early practices often led to stock depletion, underscoring the need for proactive, science-based approaches. Adaptive management, which allows for flexible responses to new information and changing ecosystems, is a key focus.
The book delves into the ecological context of fisheries, methods for assessing fish stocks, and the practical implementation of sustainable management. Readers will discover the importance of integrating scientific data with management strategies that consider biological, economic, and social factors. For example, understanding maximum sustainable yield is crucial for setting appropriate catch limits.
It progresses from fundamental concepts to detailed analyses of management strategies like marine protected areas, culminating in case studies of global fisheries.
