Human dimensions of the ecosystem approach to fisheries: an overview of context, concepts, tools and methods

dc.creatorDe Young, C.; Charles, A.; Hjort, A.;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division
dc.date2023-10-05T12:50:32Z
dc.date2023-10-05T12:50:32Z
dc.date2008
dc.date2020-11-10T11:46:01.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T22:57:35Z
dc.descriptionThis document aims to provide a better understanding of the role of the economic, institutional and sociocultural components within the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) process and to examine some potential methods and approaches that may facilitate the adoption of EAF management. It explores both the human context for the ecosystem approach to fisheries and the human dimensions involved in implementing the EAF. For the former, the report provides background material that is essen tial to understand prior to embarking on EAF initiatives, including an understanding of key concepts and issues, of the valuation of aquatic ecosystems socially, culturally and economically, and of the many policy, legal, institutional, social and economic considerations relevant to the EAF. With respect to facilitating EAF implementation, the report deals with a series of specific aspects: (1) determining the boundaries, scale and scope of the EAF; (2) assessing the various benefits and costs involved, seen from social, economic, ecological and management perspectives; (3) utilizing appropriate decision-making tools in EAF; (4) creating and/or adopting internal incentives and institutional arrangements to promote, facilitate and fund the adoption of EAF management; and (5) finding suitable external (non-fisheries) approaches for financing EAF implementation.
dc.format152
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier9789561060001
dc.identifier0429-9345
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I0163E
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-i0163e.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/267865
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationFAO Fisheries Technical Paper
dc.relation0429-9345 - T489
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleHuman dimensions of the ecosystem approach to fisheries: an overview of context, concepts, tools and methods
dc.titleHuman dimensions of the ecosystem approach to fisheries: an overview of context, concepts, tools and methods
dc.typeBook (series)

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