World Fisheries: A Social-Ecological Analysis

Social-Ecological Systems in Fisheries. Introduction / Rosemary E Ommer, R Ian Perry -- Restoring Unity / Fikret Berkes -- Modeling. Predicting the Impacts and Socio-Economic Consequences of Climate Change on Global Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries / Manuel Barange, Icarus Allen, Eddie Allison, Marie-Caroline Badjeck, Julia Blanchard, Benjamin Drakeford, Nicholas K Dulvy, James Harle, Robert Holmes, Jason Holt, Simon Jennings, Jason Lowe, Gorka Merino, Christian Mullon, Graham Pilling, Lynda Rodwell, Emma Tompkins, Francisco Werner -- Fleets, Sites, and Conservation Goals / Kathleen Miller, Peter Golubtsov, Robert McKelvey -- Fishing the Food Web / Olivier Thibaud, Fabian Blanchard -- Interdisciplinary Modeling for an Ecosystem Approach to Management in Marine Social-Ecological Systems / Anthony M Starfield, Astrid Jarre -- People's Seas / Maria A Gasalla, Antonio C S Diegues -- Knowledge. The Utility of Economic Indicators to Promote Policy-Relevant Science for Climate Change Decisions / Judith Kildow -- Scientific Advice for Fisheries Management in West Africa in the Context of Global Change / Bora Masumbuko, Moctar B́, P Morand, P Chavance, Pierre Failler -- Knowledge and Research on Chilean Fisheries Resources / Eleuterio Yaez, Exequiel Gonzalez, Luis Cubillos, Samuel Hormazabal, Hector Trujillo, Lorena Alvarez, Alejandra Ordenes, Milton Pedraza, Gustavo Aedo -- Moving Forward / Barbara Neis -- Values. Unaccounted Values / Eny Anggraini Buchary, Tony J Pitcher, Ussif Rashid Sumaila -- "You don't know what you've got 'Til it's Gone" / Nigel Haggan -- Social-Ecological Restructuring and Implications for Social Values / Grant Murray -- Economic Valuation of Mangroves in the Niger Delta / Godstime K James, Jimmy O Adegoke, Ekechukwu Saba, Peter Nwilo, Joseph Akinyede, Sylvester Osagie -- US Marine Ecosystem Habitat Values / Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Jackie Alder, G Ishimura, William W L Cheung, L Dropkin, S Hopkins, S Sullivan, A Kitchingman -- Governance. Historical Transitions in Access to and Management of Alaska's Commercial Fisheries, 1880₆1980 / Emilie Springer -- Can Fishers' Virtuous Behavior Improve Large Marine Ecosystem Health? / Valentina Giannini -- Ecosystem-Based Management in the Asia-Pacific Region / Mitsutaku Makino, Hiroyuki Matsuda -- A Network Approach to Understanding Coastal Management and Governance of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Eastern Caribbean / Kemraj Parsram, Patrick McConney -- Uncertainty Demands an Adaptive Management Approach to the Use of Marine Protected Areas as Management Tools / Michel J Kaiser -- Building Resilience to Climatic and Global Change in High-Latitude Fishing Communities / James R McGoodwin -- Coping with Environmental Change / Bonnie J McCay, Wendy Weisman, Carolyn Creed -- Conclusions. Conclusion / Rosemary E Ommer, R Ian Perry.

This exciting new book grew out of an international symposium held at FAO, Rome in July 2008, but it is not just a collection of papers from that symposium. Rather, the publication brings together work on social-ecological marine research that cuts across disciplines, identifies key common elements and approaches that promote resilience of marine social-ecological systems in the face of global changes, and points to next steps.The book comprises contributions on conceptual issues relating to social-ecological responses in marine systems to global changes; offers illustrative case studies of specific examples of social-ecological responses in marine systems to significant environmental changes manifested locally; develops a syntheses between natural and social scientists on the topic, and points the way forward with innovative approaches to the use of science and knowledge in management, policy and advice.World Fisheriesis part of Wiley-Blackwell's prestigious Fish and Aquatic Resources Series, and encompasses chapters from many scientists at the top of their fields worldwide. Carefully drawn together and edited by four world experts in the area, World Fisheriesis a landmark publication which is an essential purchase for all fisheries managers worldwide. Rosemary E. Ommer, Department of History, University of Victoria, CanadaR. Ian Perry, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, CanadaKevern Cochrane, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, ItalyPhilippe Cury, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale, IRD – IFREMER Université Montpellier II, France