Implementing ecosystem-based fisheries management: From single-species to integrated ecosystem assessment and advice for Baltic Sea fish stocks

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1187-1197

  Möllmann, Christian ^a   Lindegren, Martin ^b   Blenckner, Thorsten ^c   Bergström, Lena ^d   Casini, Michele ^d   Diekmann, Rabea ^a   Flinkman, Juha ^e   Müller Karulis, Bärbel ^c   Neuenfeldt, Stefan ^f   Schmidt, Jörn O ^g   Tomczak, Maciej ^c   Voss, Rüdiger ^g   Gårdmark, Anna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; indicator approaches; integrated advice; integrated ecosystem assessment; strategic modelling

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE POLICY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EUROPE;

EID: 84903188007     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst123     Document Type: Article

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