Lenfest Report: Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Critical, Only a Few Doing it Right
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Peggy Parker - April 10, 2017
Ecosystems-based fisheries management out-performs single-species management in every way, but despite an almost universal goal to use EBFM, few fisheries management groups have been successful.
A report given to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council last week by the Lensfest Ecosystem Task Force tells why and how more managers can get on board.
The NPFMC began applying ecosystem-based management principles on the Alaska groundfish fishery at least a decade ago...
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