David FluhartyWakefield Professor of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, University of WashingtonBacking into the Ecosystem: Is NOAA Getting It Right?
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Ecosystem approaches to marine resource management are getting wide attention in academic literature. High-level private and public policy forums endorse adopting an ecosystem approach to management but lack specific advice on how to proceed. To what extent is the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration [NOAA] responding to the calls for change in organization of research and management responsibilities? Empirical NOAA-wide assessment reveals foundations on which an ecosystem approach can build and possible examples of its current application. Even under significant political and budgetary constraints, progress can be made if an incremental, adaptive process is maintained and leadership sustained at the bottom and the top of NOAA.
David Fluharty is an Associate Professor [WOT], Wakefield Professor of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington where he has been employed since 1976. His doctoral degree is from the University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources in the interdisciplinary field of Natural Resource Conservation and Planning. His research and teaching interests are in natural resource policy and management at national and international levels, ecosystem approaches for management of marine resources, watersheds, coastal zones, fisheries, marine protected areas, and regional effects of global climate change. Significant professional activities include:
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