The Skimmer on Marine Ecosystems and Management

By Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor, MEAM. Email: tundiagardy@earthlink.net My last Dispatches from the Field, from the sleepy town of Olhao, Portugal, got me thinking about participatory planning, democratic decisions for allocating use, and fair representation in decision-making. EBM and MSP guidance manuals and trainings almost always cover the need to…

Editor's note: The goal of The EBM Toolbox is to promote awareness of tools for facilitating EBM and MSP processes. It is brought to you by the EBM Tools Network, a voluntary alliance of tool users, developers, and training providers. Did you know the EBM Tools Network will work with…

By David Geselbracht, Outreach Officer, The Sea Around Us. E-mail: d.geselbracht@oceans.ubc.ca In the mid-1990s it became clear to many observers that global fisheries were in trouble. When the Northern cod (Gadus morhua) fishery collapsed off the east coast of Canada, the outline of the crisis only became starker. In 1999,…

UN begins discussions on protecting high seas biodiversity; guide and issue brief available The committee charged with developing the basis of a formal treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) is meeting for the first time in late March-early April 2016….

Editor’s Note: From the Archives calls attention to past MEAM articles whose perspectives and insight remain relevant. Natural resource management is fundamentally about making trade-offs – between shorter and longer-term benefits, between different uses of ocean space, etc. In this article, experienced trade-off negotiators share tips and lessons learned from…