Regulating a complex adaptive system via its wasp-waist: Grappling with ecosystem-based management of the New England herring fishery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1768-1775

  Bakun, Andrew ^a   Babcock, Elizabeth A ^a   Santora, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Endangered species; Feedback loop; Foodweb; Midwater trawling; Regime shift; Stock collapse

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CLUPEOID FISHERY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD WEB; SEABIRD; STOCK COLLAPSE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASP; YIELD RESPONSE;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 69249229630     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp073     Document Type: Article

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