New Report on politics and socioeconomics of ecosystem-based management of fisheries

 Perspective papers by marine resources experts and managers describe the administrative, socioeconomic and scientific complexities involved with the implementation of a holistic ecosystem approach to management. A paper by Tundi Agardy on global marine conservation policy versus site-level implementation includes extensive discussion of the need for properly sized and strategically networked MPAs for effective broad-scale conservation. "Politics and Socio-Economics of Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Resources"(in Marine Ecology Progress Series v. 300, 2005) is available online