Department of Fisheries Oceanography / SMAST seminar - September 6, 2017 - Rob Stephenson
When: Friday,
September 1, 2017
3:30 PM
-
5:00 PM
Where: New Bedford New Bedford, MA
Description: How Must We Change to Undertake Coastal Management
Rob Stephenson
Canada Department of Fisheries & Oceans
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
SMAST E, Room 101/102
836 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA
The management of fisheries, aquaculture and other uses of the ocean is changing. Marine activities are being governed by evolving domestic policies and international agreements that require ecosystem-based and integrated management approaches, and there is increasing market (and general public) pressure for certification of sustainability and social license . Future activities will undoubtedly be audited against a greater range of conservation, social, economic and institutional criteria with higher standards and with explicit consideration of tradeoffs and cumulative effects. Further, coastal activities face the uncertainty of rapidly evolving ecosystems, and there is need for management that can anticipate and adapt to change. This poses a great challenge for science, for governments and for industries. In this presentation I review results and conclusions from a series of recent studies aimed at improving science for integrated management of fisheries and other activities, and with the view to identifying key needs for research going forward. I suggest we need to review and agree core concepts related to sustainability and to modify governance systems to enable integrated management. Major ongoing challenges include 1) the need for scientifically based performance measures associated with a diverse set of ecological, economic, social and institutional (governance) objectives, 2) interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary evaluations of coastal management scenarios, 3) a participatory approach to governance in which there can be evaluation of long-term consequences and tradeoffs among conflicting objectives, and 4) a rigorous approach to the evaluation and management of cumulative effects.
To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title.
For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu
Rob Stephenson
Canada Department of Fisheries & Oceans
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
SMAST E, Room 101/102
836 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA
The management of fisheries, aquaculture and other uses of the ocean is changing. Marine activities are being governed by evolving domestic policies and international agreements that require ecosystem-based and integrated management approaches, and there is increasing market (and general public) pressure for certification of sustainability and social license . Future activities will undoubtedly be audited against a greater range of conservation, social, economic and institutional criteria with higher standards and with explicit consideration of tradeoffs and cumulative effects. Further, coastal activities face the uncertainty of rapidly evolving ecosystems, and there is need for management that can anticipate and adapt to change. This poses a great challenge for science, for governments and for industries. In this presentation I review results and conclusions from a series of recent studies aimed at improving science for integrated management of fisheries and other activities, and with the view to identifying key needs for research going forward. I suggest we need to review and agree core concepts related to sustainability and to modify governance systems to enable integrated management. Major ongoing challenges include 1) the need for scientifically based performance measures associated with a diverse set of ecological, economic, social and institutional (governance) objectives, 2) interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary evaluations of coastal management scenarios, 3) a participatory approach to governance in which there can be evaluation of long-term consequences and tradeoffs among conflicting objectives, and 4) a rigorous approach to the evaluation and management of cumulative effects.
To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title.
For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu
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