Marine Fisheries - Causes for Decline and Impacts

Module Description:  
The NCSR Marine Fisheries Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes ten modules. This series is designed to cover issues related to “marine fisheries with an emphasis on those species that are commercially harvested in the United States. The ten modules include Marine Fisheries Overview, Marine Fisheries – Introduction and Status, Marine Fisheries – Causes for Decline and Impacts, Marine Fisheries – Management and Proposed Solutions, Declining Expectations – The Phenomenon of Shifting Baselines, The Role of Marine Reserves in Ecosystem-based Fishery Management, The Decline of Atlantic – A Case Study, Comprehensive Resources for NCSR Marine Fisheries Series, Shrimp Farming – Environmental and Social Impacts, and Where Does Your Seafood Come From?

Marine Fisheries – Causes for Decline and Impacts is the third of ten modules. This module covers three main topics: Causes for fishery declines, Community and ecosystem-level impacts of fishery declines, and Why are fishery declines allowed to occur. The module can be taught independently or as part of the series. 

Module Contents: 
The PowerPoint presentation includes lecture notes and “provides a detailed examination of the causes for the decline of marine fisheries and the community-level and ecosystem-level impacts of these declines.”

The 84-page document provides information about the module and includes seven sections: NCSR Marine Fisheries Series, Marine Fisheries – Causes for Decline and Impacts, General Lecture Outline, and PowerPoint Presentation with Instructor Notes, Detailed Lecture Notes, and Resources.