Fishing provides an essential food source as well as livelihoods for millions of people. Yet many of the world’s fisheries have extremely serious impacts on marine ecosystems and many fisheries are ...

Despite its benefits and recognition as a keystone practice of ocean stewardship and conservation, adoption of ecosystem-based management has been slow to take hold. To support this change in ocean ...

Regime shifts have been observed in marine ecosystems around the globe. These phenomena can result in dramatic changes in the provision of ecosystem services to coastal communities. Accounting for ...

Traditionally, the impact of human activity on an ecosystem has lacked context when planning restorative ecosystem mitigation and management strategies. Multiple human activities over time and space, ...

First western Baltic Sea ecosystem model shows that ecosystem-based management increases catches of cod and herring as well as food web resilience to ocean warming Using model simulations, the ...

Karen Fisher receives funding from the New Zealand Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (C01X1901) through the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge’s Phase II Project 4.2 Options for ...

Invasive alien species don’t only drive out other native species, they also dramatically transform soils, water and ecosystems. A new assessment tool aims to pinpoint the negative environmental ...

The 4th edition of the International Symposium on Marine Ecosystems (MECoS 4) has emphasised the need for adopting ecosystem-based, multi-species management approaches to ensure the sustainable use of ...

These case studies from WWF's marine ecoregions illustrate the steps in an approach to managing human maritime activities known as ecosystem-based management (EBM).