An ecosystem-based approach to sustainable resource management in the eastern Arctic : KEBABB (Knowledge and Ecosystem-Based Approach in Baffin Bay) 2019 sampling plan / Monika Pućko, Christine Michel,... : Fs97-4/3185E-PDF

"Application of an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management is a priority for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and is an intrinsic part of the Department’s mandated activities for the sustainable management of marine resources. Implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management requires an understanding of the patterns and changes in abiotic and biotic factors that affect or are affected by harvested stocks. Baffin Bay hosts important Canadian fisheries for Greenland Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) and Northern and Striped Shrimp (Pandalus borealis and P. montagui, respectively). Stock assessment surveys for these commercially harvested species are carried out routinely, but they often lack crucial environmental parameters, or have insufficient spatial resolution, to allow description of factors underlying inter- and intra- annual population dynamics. To address this important functional knowledge gap, DFO has established a new program, KEBABB (Knowledge and Ecosystem-Based Approach in Baffin Bay), as an important step towards the development and application of an ecosystem-based assessment approach to fisheries management in Baffin Bay. Here, we present the overarching vision and sampling plan for the first KEBABB field campaign (2019), to be carried out onboard the CCGS Amundsen, as a collaborative effort between DFO, Canadian universities, and Northern communities. We describe core components of the KEBABB program, along with detailed lists of biological, oceanographic and biogeochemical variables planned to be measured. Finally, we discuss how the planned components of KEBABB will contribute to establishing Baffin Bay fisheries as an example for sustainable and informed natural resource management"--Abstract, page vi.

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