The Human Side of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management: Preliminary Results of an FAO Expert Consultation

摘要

This chapter will discuss the preliminary outcomes of the UN FAO Expert Consultation on the Social, Economic and Institutional (SEI) Considerations of Applying the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (6-9 June 2006).This meeting was designed toprovide an imderstanding of the roles played by these human activity-focused perspectives within the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) process as presented through the meeting's background document, including: (i) as a driving force for EAF; (ii) asa means for valuation of potential costs and benefits; (iii) as instruments in the application of EAF; and (iv) as institutions supporting or constraining the EAF. In addition, the meeting provided guidance on proposed FAO Technical Guidelines focusingon the human dimension of the EAE.