|
|
Central and Eastern European Marine Repository (CEEMaR) >
Poland >
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute >
Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute >
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://10.0.0.195:8080/dspace/handle/11099/372
|
| Title: | Marine ecosystem management of the Baltic and other regions. |
| Authors: | Sherman, Kenneth |
| ASFA Terms: | Ecosystems
Fisheries
Fish
Ecosystem management |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia |
| Citation: | Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute, Gdynia, 3. p. 89-99 |
| Abstract: | A new paradigm is emerging that advocates an ecosystem-based approach to the assessment
and management of Baltic Sea resources. The principles adopted by coastal nations under the
terms of the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) have been interpreted
as supportive of the management of living marine resources and coastal habitats from an ecosystems
perspective. In addition, Chapter 17 of Agenda 21 adopted at the Earth Summit and the
Global Program of Action (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based
Activities both adopt an ecosystems perspective for holistic management of habitat, pollution discharges,
and living marine resources. A global common understanding on the management of
coastal and marine resources was elaborated by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in 1998.
The application of these principles is being introduced to the nine countries bordering on the
Baltic Sea ecosystem with a GEF-funded project to be initiated in 2001. The strategic elements
have been organized into five modules focused on the key indicators of ecosystem change important
to adaptive resource management. The modules are focused on Baltic Sea productivity, fish
and fisheries, pollution and ecosystem health, socioeconomic conditions, and resource governance
practices. The project is centered about the activities of the five countries provided with financial
assistance under the terms of the GEF grant Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia.
These countries will be working in close collaboration with western Baltic countries, the Helsinki
Commission (HELCOM), the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the
International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission (IBSFC), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Swedish International Development
Administration (SIDA), and other institutions on assessment and management actions to
promote ecosystem sustainability and continuing socioeconomic benefits to the people of the region. |
| URI: | http://www.ceemar.org/dspace/handle/11099/372 |
| Related document: | http://www.mir.gdynia.pl/pliki/osrodek/biuletyn/biulet3-00g.pdf |
| ISSN: | 1429-2335 |
| Appears in Collections: | Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute
|
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
|
