Marine Fisheries - Management and Proposed Solutions

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I.  Introduction – Why study marine fisheries?

II.  Characterize the resource

III.  Status of the resource

(ITEMS I, II, and III above are covered in the companion module: Marine Fisheries - Introduction and Status)

IV. Causes for fishery declines

V. Community and ecosystem-level impacts of fishery declines

VI. Why are fishery declines allowed to occur?

(ITEMS IV, V, and VI above are covered in the companion module: Marine Fisheries - Causes for Decline and Impacts)

VII.  Traditional fisheries management

• The challenge of management
• Maximum sustainable yield
• Quotas (Total Allowable Catches)
• Relevant legislation
• Closures

VIII.  Market-based solutions

• Certification
• Consumer-based solutions
• Reduction in fishing effort by purchase of fishing rights
• Aquaculture
• Increased use and marketing of underutilized species

IX.  Ecosystem-based fishery management

• Reduce bycatch
• Gear restrictions
• Marine reserves/marine protected areas
• Monitoring of population characteristics
• Implementing catch share programs
• Ecologically sustainable yield

X.  The future of marine fisheries

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