Long Term Changes in Marine Fisheries

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This Issue focuses on a research article by Barange (2003) that was published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The article discusses long-term (inter-decadal and longer) patterns of change in marine species in the context of over-exploitation of marine fisheries. Barange’s emphasis is use of ecosystem-based management practice to move us towards sustainable fisheries. However, he questions whether we know enough about patterns and causes of long term change in marine ecosystems to develop such practices.

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Primary or BEN resource type	Teaching strategies & guidelines
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Ecological Core Concept	Human impacts -- Agriculture and resource harvesting Human impacts Communities -- Spatial and temporal dynamics Communities Applied ecology -- Management Applied ecology
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	Frontiers Issues are designed to help faculty use a Frontiers article in the classroom. The Barange (Frontiers, 2003) paper can be used in sections of courses dealing with fisheries, sustainable harvesting, management, biodiversity loss, and human impacts on ecosystems. In ecology texts, species abundance shifts over time (e.g., lynx and hare cycles) are usually discussed in the population ecology chapters. By working with this paper and additional figures, students will be able to appreciate the complexity of large interannual and longer-term changes in species composition and abundance.
Keywords	TIEE, pedagogy, student active, inquiry based, biodiversity, diversity, catch, fish, fisheries, harvest, sustainable, management, sustainability
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	Charlene D'Avanzo
Primary Author Affiliation	School of Natural Sciences, Hampshire College
Primary Author email	cdavanzo@hampshire.edu
Rights	Copyright 2004 by Charlene D'Avanzo and the Ecological Society of America.
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Reviewer B	Unknown
Date Of Record Submission	2007-12-26

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