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7 Looking Forward
Pages 119-124

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From page 119...
... and thus clearer communication about the of success for rebuilding plans; rebuilding plans and EBFM; status of fish stocks. The disadvantage of the prescriptive rebuilding time frames; model predictions, projections, and approach is that, by definition, it leaves little room for flexdata and knowledge limitations; mixed-stock fisheries; the ibility or innovation (e.g., use of alternative stock-specific role of biological science and socioeconomic factors; and reference points)
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From page 120...
... In addition, the approach should distinguish cases to evaluating management strategies, which are often based in which fishing mortality was not reduced as intended from on multi-species or ecosystem models, offer promise for those in which stocks failed to show signs of rebuilding in exploring the long-term performance of rebuilding plans spite of reduced fishing mortality. The committee's analysis and strategies beyond the responses of individual stocks.
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From page 121...
... , a control rule poor stocks) require rebuilding, spatial and habitat-based based on maintaining fishing mortality at some fraction of approaches (e.g., marine zoning including Marine Protected FMSY may be more efficient than one that forces increas Areas)
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From page 122...
... with an equally rigorous approach based on of choices between FMSY and the rate of fishing mortality that controlling fishing in the near term (i.e., years not decades) increases risk of extinction to a noteworthy extent, but such and managing based on the short-term projected directions considerations of fishing mortality are not allowed under the of stock change or fishing rates relative to FMSY.
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From page 123...
... Congress, and other stakeholders. eration of socioeconomic impacts is critical: the current process of evaluating potential socioeconomic outcomes contingent upon the prior establishment of biological param- CONCLUDING REMARKS eters precludes consideration of potential rebuilding plans The current implementation of the MSFMCA relies on a with superior socioeconomic properties (e.g., greater benefits highly prescriptive approach that has demonstrated successes or smaller costs)
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From page 124...
... failure to achieve needed reductions in fishing mortality rates The committee used the evaluation, discussion, and have sometimes incurred substantial negative biological and findings presented in Chapters 2 through 6 as a basis for this economic consequences (e.g., too low stock biomasses, lost final chapter, taking a long-term view at further improving future yields)
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