Sustainability of Fisheries, Coasts and Oceans - Integrated Systems Approaches

这项由nserc支持的研究提供了决策支持工具和知识库，以满足加拿大和当今世界面临的最具挑战性的问题之一：实现人类对渔业、海洋和海岸的可持续利用。由于加拿大拥有世界上最长的海岸线，应对这一挑战在这里尤为重要，特别是考虑到世界各地海岸和海洋面临的压力迅速增加。为了应对这些挑战，这项工作应用系统思维来整合自然、人为和管理因素，从而帮助解决现实世界的问题。将为渔业、沿海和海洋系统制定更有效的可持续发展战略指导方针，以平衡相互竞争的用途，加强海洋生态系统、渔业和沿海社区的可持续性。

This NSERC-supported research provides the decision support tools and knowledge base needed to meet one of the most challenging problems facing Canada and the world today: achieving sustainability in human uses of fisheries, oceans and coasts. As Canada has the longest coastline of the world, meeting this challenge is especially crucial here, especially given the rapidly increasing pressures on coasts and oceans around the world. To meet these challenges, this work applies systems thinking' to integrate natural, human and management factors, and thus to help solve real-world problems. Better guidelines for effective sustainable development strategies will be produced for fisheries, coastal and marine systems, to balance competing uses and enhance sustainability of ocean ecosystems, fishing industries and coastal communities. The research has four main aspects: 1. Developing integrated fishery management frameworks at national, regional & local scales based on effective ecosystem-based management and community-based marine conservation approaches, and producing useful decision-making tools supporting fishery sustainability. 2. Helping to resolve conflicts between fisheries and ocean biodiversity conservation initiatives through improved knowledge of human, natural and management systems and interactions, and contributions to effective ocean and coastal management, and marine protected areas. 3. Improving climate change adaptation in fisheries and coastal communities by forging better links of fishery management and climate adaptation processes, and aiding coastal communities to better predict and more effectively adapt to climate changes, including ocean acidification. 4. Supporting coastal communities in planning their future using participatory approaches that involve communities in forming local plans for environmental stewardship and economic development, and then engaging in scenario analysis and dynamic modelling of the future. The significance of this research lies in the guidance it provides for sustainable development strategies in fisheries facing sustainability threats, and in coastal and ocean areas that must balance competing uses. Tools will be produced to enable marine industries, and society, to better evaluate environmental and sustainability impacts, and to improve the efficiency of environmental and resource management. The research will highlight the importance of healthy ecosystems and healthy communities, as well as biodiversity conservation and climate change action. To ensure a significant impact, the work will take place in close collaboration with the fishery and other ocean use sectors, First Nations and coastal communities, as well as governments and international organizations. Furthermore, students involved in this research will gain from a strong interdisciplinary approach that provides to new generations the diverse skills needed to address environmental and sustainability challenges into the future.