This book provides a comprehensive review of Area-Based Management Tools (ABMTs) used in fisheries or affecting their performance in relation to biodiversity and related socio-economic issues. The prologue provides historical, mystic, philosophical, political, economic, and ecological points of view of ocean space since antiquity. The book describes the modern background of ABMTs, their role in living in harmony with nature; their human dimensions; their governance; the tensions they face; the role of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and that of the United Nations and other global policy frameworks.ABMTs are described thusly: definition; human dimensions; goals and objectives; old and new roles; possible typologies; tensions; synergies and complementarities; trade-offs; and effectiveness and related factors. Pathways to reduce tensions, mobilize synergies, and increase effectiveness are described. The perspectives offered are illustrated by a few case studies including an industry view.
Dr Serge Michel Garcia is a biological oceanographer at the University of Aix-Marseille (France), specializing in fishery science, stock assessment, fishery management and governance, with a long experience in developing countries and regional fishery organizations. He authored, co-authored or directed publications on fisheries management (2009), MPAs and fisheries (2013), and on the governance of marine fisheries and biodiversity conservation (2014). His additional work has also touched upon world fishery resources and the environmental aspects of fisheries.Dr Jake Rice has more than 270 publications at the interface of science and policy for living resource conservation and sustainable use, covering many aspects of the ecosystem approach, risk assessment, and integrated management. This work has included investigation of spatial management tools, objective methods for choosing ecosystem indicators, setting ecologically based reference levels, and strategies for conducting ecosystem assessments across ecosystem processes, industry sectors, and ecological, social, and economic aspects of policy and management.
