Authors:
Pitcher, T.J.
Publication Date:
2005
Abstract/Summary:
‘Back-to-the-future’ (BTF) is an integrative approach to a restoration ecology of the oceans that attempts to solve the fisheries crisis. To this end, it harnesses the latest understanding of ecosystem processes, developments in whole ecosystem simulation modelling, and insight into the human dimension of fisheries management. BTF includes new methods for describing past ecosystems, designing fisheries that meet criteria for sustainability and responsibility, and evaluating the costs and benefits of fisheries in restored ecosystems. Evaluation of alternative policy choices, involving trade-offs between conservation and economic values, employs a range of economic, social and ecological measures.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Link:
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royptb/360/1453/107.full.pdf