From the Editor: Making MEAM more global
Welcome to the May 2017 issue of MEAM (Marine Ecosystems and Management). It is spring here in Washington, DC, and it seems like an appropriate time to take stock of where MEAM is right now and how we would like to improve and grow the newsletter to serve our multiple...
Marine Spatial Planning ten years later: A conversation with Charles “Bud” Ehler
Charles “Bud” Ehler is president of Ocean Visions Consulting and a consultant on MSP to UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), discusses the state of MSP ten years after first big Paris conference.
Food for thought: Conservation “leakage” and potential impacts of Trump’s trade policies on marine conservation
We do not know how future seafood trade negotiations will turn out, but several of the authors of the recent Marine Policy article spoke with us about their recent article and possible implications for global marine conservation if trade relationships do change.
Tundi’s Take: Could complex institutional frameworks and regulations actually inhibit EBM?
While there have been many scholarly papers written on how European policies under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Common Fisheries Policy, and Maritime Spatial Planning Directive catalyze an ecosystem approach and make room for the precautionary principle, there has been little attention paid to whether these complex regimes may actually be inhibiting effective EBM.