Introduction
2000; Oxford University Press; Volume: 57; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1006/jmsc.2000.0742
ISSN1095-9289
Autores Tópico(s)Marine and fisheries research
Resumop n p c a l c a c t e The ICES/SCOR Symposium on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing took place in Montpellier, France, from 15 to 19 March 1999. It was hosted by l’Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), with IOC, FAO, and ICLARM as co-sponsors. Other organizations which provided sponsorship and logistic support included the European Commission; the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada; the Danish Institute for Fisheries Research; Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO); l’Institut Francais pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER); Institute for Marine Research (IMR), Bergen; Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF); The Association of Fish Meal and Oil Manufacturers in Denmark; Region Languedoc-Roussillon and the Montpellier District. The Symposium was proposed by Working Group 105 of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and brought forward to ICES by the Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment. H. Gislason and M. Sinclair were appointed Conveners; B. Rothschild (USA), P. Cury (France), G. Bianchi (Norway), K. Sainsbury (Australia), D. Pauly (Canada), J. G. Pope (UK), S. J. Hall (Australia), and J. Valdemarsen (FAO) formed the Scientific Steering Committee. J. M. Stretta (IRD) headed the local Organizing Committee. The aim of the Symposium was to provide a global synthesis of the effects of fishing on the marine ecosystem, to report on new methods for quantifying these effects at the ecosystem level, and to provide a forum to discuss how to integrate nature conservation objectives into fisheries management. To facilitate a broad coverage of the topic it was decided to base the oral presentations on invited papers. The scope of these papers was discussed at preparatory meetings in SCOR WG 105, and organized into three different themes. The first theme provided an overview of the effects of fishing on different marine ecosystems and on particular species groups. The second presented the methods for quantifying the impact of fishing at the species and ecosystem level, and the last theme considered the integration of fisheries and environmental management. Three poster
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