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  • Ecology
  • Fisheries Science
  • Environmental Management

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  • Human exploitation of ecosystems can degrade services, causing unforeseen negative impacts.
  • Ecosystem-based management aims to preserve ecosystem quality and long-term socioeconomic benefits.
  • Current fishery management often overlooks broader ecosystem impacts and services.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss fishery policy decisions influencing ecosystem services.
  • To advocate for managing fisheries for ecosystem services.
  • To propose adaptive co-management for enhanced ecosystem service delivery.

Main Methods:

  • Policy analysis of fishery management in manipulated environments.
  • Focus on ecosystem services and broader ecological scales.
  • Conceptual framework for adaptive co-management within ecosystem boundaries.

Main Results:

  • Management decisions involve inherent tradeoffs.
  • Explicitly managing for ecosystem services shifts management from reactive to proactive.
  • Adaptive co-management offers a process to enhance ecosystem service management.

Conclusions:

  • Managing fisheries for ecosystem services promotes sustainability and resilience.
  • Adaptive co-management, integrating ecosystem boundaries and interjurisdictional cooperation, is a viable framework.
  • This approach supports long-term socioeconomic benefits by maintaining ecosystem quality.