A Fishery Manager's Guidebook, Second Edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 527
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Co-published with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Fisheries management is the process that has evolved to try to ensure that fisheries operate in a manner that provides the immediate benefits in a sustainable manner. The widely accepted goal is that the full range of benefits should not only be available for this generation but for generations to come. Fisheries management has been successful in some cases but there have also been many, many cases of failure.

This volume is intended to contribute to improving this unsatisfactory state by addressing the widespread need for information and guidance on the broad and often complex task of fisheries management. It is an updated and expanded edition of the first version of “A fishery manager’s guidebook” which was published as a FAO Fisheries Technical Paper in 2002.

The major part of this new edition is divided into five parts intended to cover the range of concerns, tools and techniques essential to the modern fisheries manager, whether that manager is an individual or a formal or informal group. Following the Introduction:

• Part I examines the primary dimensions of fisheries: biological, ecological, social and economic
• Part II looks at the legal and institutional characteristics of fisheries
• Part III explores the tools that fishery managers have to achieve the objectives expected from a fishery
• Part IV discusses the role of scientific information of indicators and reference points
• Part V moves into implementation of fisheries management and includes a chapter on special considerations in small-scale fisheries

This landmark publication is aimed at fishery managers and scientists. All libraries in research establishments and universities where fisheries and aquatic sciences are studied and taught will need copies of this important volume.

Fisheries around the world make essential contributions to human well-being including the provision of basic food supplies, employment, recreational opportunities, foreign currency and others, providing benefits to hundreds of millions of people. Despite these benefits, our record of managing fisheries so that the benefits can be sustained has been poor, at best, and most fisheries around the world are experiencing serious ecological, social or economic problems and usually all three. Today there is global concern about the state of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems, their resilience to future stresses such as climate change and their ability to continue to provide benefits.

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction – Fisheries Management (pages 1–17): Kevern L. Cochrane and Serge M. Garcia
Chapter 2 Biology and Ecology Considerations for the Fishery Manager (pages 19–51): Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson
Chapter 3 Social Aspects of Fisheries Management (pages 52–74): Fikret Berkes
Chapter 4 Economic Principles: An Economic Perspective on Fishing (pages 75–102): Arne Eide
Chapter 5 Legal Aspects (pages 103–134): Blaise Kuemlangan
Chapter 6 The Fishery Management Institutions (pages 135–163): Francois Feral
Chapter 7 Regulation of Fishing Gears and Methods (pages 165–195): Asmund Bjordal
Chapter 8 Area and Time Restrictions (pages 196–219): Stephen J. Hall
Chapter 9 Input and Output Controls: The Practice of Fishing Effort and Catch Management in Responsible Fisheries (pages 220–252): John G. Pope
Chapter 10 Rights?Based Fisheries Management: The Role of Use Rights in Managing Access and Harvesting (pages 253–282): Anthony Charles
Chapter 11 Partnerships in Management (pages 283–300): Evelyn Pinkerton
Chapter 12 Which Indicators for What Management? The Challenge of Connecting Offer and Demand of Indicators (pages 301–335): Serge Michel Garcia, Helene Rey?Valette and Clotilde Bodiguel
Chapter 13 The Use of Scientific Information (pages 336–369): Kevern L. Cochrane
Chapter 14 Fishery Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (pages 371–403): Per Erik Bergh and Sandy Davies
Chapter 15 Special Considerations for Small?Scale Fisheries Management in Developing Countries (pages 404–424): John Kurien and Rolf Willmann
Chapter 16 Fisheries Management Plans (pages 425–444): David J. Die
Chapter 17 From Past Management to Future Governance: A Perspective View (pages 445–472): Serge Michel Garcia and Kevern L. Cochrane