RCN-SEES: Sustainability of Marine Renewable Resources in Subarctic Systems Under Incumbent Environmental Variability and Human Exploitation

这些网络活动的重点是基本的社会生态原则，这些原则适用于在现有气候变率和人类开发的情况下研究大型海洋生态系统中可再生资源的可持续性。通过这个网络，在生态学家、数学家、社会科学家和资源管理者之间架起了一座桥梁，为保护提供了一个健全的科学支持体系。案例研究从亚北极海洋系统（东北太平洋和东北和西北大西洋）中选择，这些系统易受气候变化的影响，生产力高，但也被强烈利用，在社会生态文献中代表性不足。科学活动集中在三个生态主题上，即顺序物种、空间和人口消耗。总的来说，这三个主题讨论了当前的政策决定如何在整个系统中产生负面和不可预见的社会生态影响。研究活动通过制定一个概念性的社会生态框架来解决当前和替代政策实践对可持续性的影响（主题4）。通过举办两次国际研讨会和两次年度网络会议，这项工作采取了积极步骤，将这些研究主题整合起来，并将方法转移到其他水生和陆地生态系统。在教育方面（主题5），建立了三管齐下的方法。一是通过参与院校的科研交流，为参与科研的科学家、研究生和博士后提供跨学科的培训机会。第二，组织一个与我们网络所涉及的学科（生态学、社会科学和可持续发展）相交叉的暑期课程，让从研究交流项目中受益的研究生和博士后积极参与教学。课程将包括一个密集的为期两周的暑期课程，然后在家庭机构进行项目开发。项目成果将在网络研讨会期间提交给网络和受邀的科学家和管理人员，并邀请作者在研讨会上发表他们的工作。第三，在其中一次研讨会期间，将制定夏季课程的教学大纲和教材，并批判性地评估科学和教育在支持大型海洋生态系统可持续管理方面的作用。虽然该提案的动机是应用主题，但它是通过对基本生态和进化原理的研究来引导的。最终目的是提供一个科学和教育支持系统，将生态进化和社会科学原理整合到保护策略中。现有的政府机构没有提供这个系统，但将来会需要它。在实现网络目标时，利用生态系统的优势，因为它们有大量未充分利用的数据，远远超过其他陆地和水生平行系统。该提案还具有雄心勃勃的教育重点，具有直接和长期的影响。在短期内，它通过在国家和国际合作机构的短期停留和参加短期暑期课程的系统，为学生和博士后提供宝贵的培训和教学机会。从长远来看，它为耦合人力资源系统的新课程开发提供了指导方针，并为长期和有益的研究联系提供了宝贵的机会。最后，通过研究交流和RCN研讨会/会议的旅行奖励制度，使不同群体的参与者能够参与其中，包括少数民族、处于职业生涯不同阶段的学生以及学术界、教育和管理机构的科学家。

These network activities focus on basic socio-ecological principles applied to the study of the sustainability of renewable resources in large marine ecosystems under incumbent climate variability and human exploitation. Through this network a gap is bridged among ecologists, mathematicians, social scientists and resource managers to provide a sound science support system for conservation. Case studies are selected from subarctic marine systems (Northeast Pacific and Northeast and Northwest Atlantic), which are susceptible to climate variability, are highly productive but also intensely exploited, and are under-represented in socio-ecological literature. The scientific activities are centered on three ecological themes, namely, sequential 1) species, 2) spatial, and 3) demographic depletions. Collectively, these three themes address how current policy decisions may cause negative and unforeseen socio-ecological effects as they reverberate through the system. The research activities are integrated by developing a conceptual socioecological framework to address the implications for sustainability of current and alternative policy practices (Theme 4). By hosting two international workshops and two annual network meetings, the work takes positive steps to integrate across these research themes, and to transfer approach to other aquatic and terrestrial ecological systems. On the educational side (Theme 5), a three-prong approach is established. First, to provide transdisciplinary training opportunities to participating scientists, graduate students and post-docs through research-exchanges at participating institutions. Second, to organize a summer course that intersects the disciplines involved in our network (ecology, social science and sustainability), and where graduate students and post-docs who benefited from the research exchange program will take an active teaching role. The curriculum will include an intensive two-week summer session followed by a project development at the home institution. The project outcomes will be presented to network and invited scientists and managers during network workshops, and authors will be invited to publish their work in a workshop proceeding special volume. Third, during one of the two workshops, the syllabus and teaching material for the summer course will be developed , and critically evaluate the role of science and education in support of a sustainable management of large marine ecosystems. While the proposal is motivated by applied topics, it is led through the study of basic ecological and evolutionary principles. The ultimate intent is to provide a science and educational support system to integrate eco-evolutionary and social science principles in conservation strategies. Existing governmental agencies are not providing this system, yet will require it in the future. In addressing the network objectives, advantage is taken of ecosystems for which there is a large volume of under-utilized data that well exceeds that of other terrestrial and aquatic parallels. This proposal also has an ambitious educational focus with immediate and long-term impacts. On the short-term, it provides invaluable training and teaching opportunities to students and post-docs through a system of short-stays in national and international partner institutions and attendance at the short summer course. On a longer term, it provides the guidelines for a new curriculum development in coupled human-resource systems and invaluable opportunities for long-lasting and beneficial research connections. Finally, through a system of travel awards for research exchanges and RCN workshop/meeting attendance, enables involvement of a diverse group of participants, including minorities, students at various stages of their career, and scientists fromacademia, education and management institutions.