As the ecosystem-based trend in fisheries management continues to be implemented worldwide, a thorough background of this new management approach and resulting implementation strategies is needed. Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the Western Pacific presents a full picture of the process changes used in switching from target species based management to EBFM, using a region that is at the forefront of this widely accepted movement. Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the Western Pacific is the outgrowth of a series of three workshops convened by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management council. The book follows the logical approach of each workshop, beginning with an assessment of the current state of fisheries management, transitioning through the data sources and modeling systems used to advance EBFM, and ending with practical methodologies for more thorough global implementation in the future. Contributed by experts from the Pacific regions as well as the UK and Non-pacific States, this book is one of the first available compendiums on this important movement and will be applicable to fisheries scientists and researchers, fisheries managers, policy makers, and social scientists worldwide

As the ecosystem-based trend in fisheries management continues tobe implemented worldwide, a thorough background of this newmanagement approach and resulting implementation strategies isneeded. Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in theWestern Pacific presents a full picture of the process changesused in switching from target species based management to EBFMusing a region that is at the forefront of this widely acceptedmovement.Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the WesternPacific is the outgrowth of a series of three workshopsconvened by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Managementcouncil. The book follows the logical approach of eachworkshop, beginning with an assessment of the current state offisheries management, transitioning through the data sources andmodeling systems used to advance EBFM, and ending with practicalmethodologies for more thorough global implementation in thefuture.Contributed by experts from the Pacific regions as well as theUK and Non-pacific States, this book is one of the first availablecompendiums on this important movement and will be applicableto fisheries scientists and researchers, fisheries managerspolicy makers, and social scientists worldwide