Fisheries management: integrating societal preference, decision analysis, and ecological risk assessment

Fisheries management is the practice of analyzing and selecting options to maintain or alter the structure, dynamics, and interaction of habitat, aquatic biota, and man to achieve human goals and objectives. The theory of fisheries management is: managers or decision makers attempt to maximize renewable `output' from an aquatic resource by choosing from among a set of decision options and applying a set of actions that generate an array of outputs. Outputs may be defined as a tangible catch, a fishing experience, an existence value, or anything else produced or supported by renewable aquatic resources. Overall output is always a mix of tangible and intangible elements. However defined, management goals and objectives are essential components of fisheries management or any other field of renewable natural resource management. Reaching consensus on management goals and objectives has never been a simple task. Beyond the broad and often conflicting goals of an agency, managers must decide who should set specific management objectives — agency personnel, the public, or a combination of the two. Historically, rhetoric aside, fisheries managers in North America nearly always have consulted with professionals in governmental roles to set management objectives. In a strongly pluralistic society, this often resulted in protracted political and legal conflict. Increasingly, there are calls for use of risk assessment to help solve such ecological policy and management problems commonly encountered in fisheries management. The basic concepts of ecological risk assessment may be simple, but the jargon and details are not. Risk assessment (and similar analytical tools) is a concept that has evoked strong reactions whenever it has been used. In spite of the difficulties of defining problems and setting management objectives for complex ecological policy questions, use of risk assessment to help solve ecological problems is widely supported. Ecological risk assessment will be most useful (and objective) in political deliberations when the policy debate revolves around largely technical concerns. To the extent that risk assessment forces policy debate and disagreement toward fundamental differences rather than superficial ones, it will be useful in decision making.     

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通过对乌拉特中旗近20年来农牧业生产发展情况、气象环境质量状况等多方面调查，总结出乌拉特中旗生态环境恶化的根源，按照“围封轮牧，划区禁牧，舍饲养牧，移民休牧”的指导思想，并对如何改善乌拉特中旗生态环境提出具体的对策和措施。     

转基因生物风险评价的实践与发展

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西北地区油田开发对生态环境影响的几点分析

西北地区由于其特殊的地理条件 ,生态环境比较脆弱 ,因此 ,在此区域进行油田开发建设 ,一定要注意保护好当地生态环境。本文分析了西北地区油田开发对生态环境的影响 ,并提出切实可行的环保措施 ,以保护该区域脆弱的生态环境     

抚顺市生态环境现状及存在问题的探讨

抚顺市生态环境现状:(森林覆盖率较高,但生态系统结构不合理,生态功能的发挥受到影响;矿产开发严重破坏生态平衡,矿区生态环境恶劣,历史欠帐大;自然保护区植被覆盖率较高,但生物多样性仍遭受严重威胁;农业生态问题严峻;水土流失严重;建成区布局紊乱,绿地系统缺乏连通性。)指出生态环境建设面临的制约因素为经济建设与生态建设不协调、经济发展模式粗放,生态恶化、缺乏有效的生态经济政策,资金短缺。     

湖泊水污染治理的流域生态保护对策分析

对太源、滇池、巢湖水质富营养化和流域经济结构，污染源分布。生态状况作了工介绍“三湖”流域生态保护的进展及制定“九五”行动计划等举措，高度评价了生态保护工作的重要性。     

浅谈荆马河污水资源化生态工程

遵循可持续发展的原则，针对经济欠发达地区的水环境污染现状，提出了兴建产业化的污水处理生态工程，科学地发展污灌，既有效地改善了京杭运河（徐州段）的水环境质量，又使徐州市城市污水得以资源化利用，对促进环境与社会经济协调发展具有积极意义。     

城市环保战略目标定量考核指标体系研究

本文在深入研究6个城市的定量考核指标体系的基础上,提出了城市环保战略目标定量考核指标体系建立的依据和原则,探讨了指标体系的结构与指标选取问题.本文认为,城市环保战略目标定量考垓指标体系应由目标层、准则层和指标层三个层次构成,整个结构是自上而下分解,自下而上递进.     

长江三角洲生态系统的近代演化特征及其生态与环境问题分析

长江三角洲主要生态系统类型包括河流生态系统、河口海岸湿地生态系统、农林生态系统、城市生态系统、湖泊生态系统以及近海海域生态系统，、长江三角洲是人类和自然相互作用的结果．具有明显的生态边缘效应．支持了长江三角洲丰富的动植物区系。文章分析了长江三角洲地区主要生态系统的演化特征及其相互关系：阐述了长江三角洲地区主要生态系统在城市化进程中所面临的生态与环境问题．从系统生态学的角度对长江三角洲地区主要自然生态系统的修复和保护提出了对革。同时分析了流域治理和区域治理的重要性．这对于长江三角洲地区社会和经济的可持续发展具有重要的指导意义。