Assessing the feasibility of ecosystem-based fisheries management in tropical contexts

Patrick Christie, David L. Fluharty, Alan T. White, Liza Eisma-Osorio and William Jatulan

Marine Policy, 2007, vol. 31, issue 3, 239-250

Abstract: This analysis documents the reasons for emerging interest in ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) and relates this management model to others. It highlights the central challenges to EBFM in the tropical context and examines an ongoing project, Fisheries Improved for Sustainable Harvest (FISH), in the Philippines--likely the first EBFM project in the tropics. The Philippine legal and institutional context provides major governance challenges to EBFM, especially as management is scaled up. A monitoring framework with process and output criteria is applied to FISH to establish progress to date. Major institutional and governance challenges for EBFM will require monitoring, evaluation, and adaptation.

Keywords: Ecosystem-based; fisheries; management; Feasibility; Governance; Tropics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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