FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Reference points for predators will progress ecosystem‐based management of fisheries BT AF Hill, Simeon L. Hinke, Jefferson Bertrand, Sophie Fritz, Lowell Furness, Robert W. Ianelli, James N. Murphy, Matthew Oliveros‐Ramos, Ricardo Pichegru, Lorien Sharp, Rowland Stillman, Richard A. Wright, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Norman AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:7;8:8;9:9;10:7;11:10;12:11;13:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:; C1 British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge ,UK Antarctic Ecosystem Research, Division Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla CA, USA Institut de Recherche pour le Développemen,t (MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD) Sète ,France Marine Mammal Laboratory (ret.) Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ,Seattle WA ,USA MacArthur Green ,Glasgow, UK Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle WA ,USA Natural Resources Wales, Bangor Gwynedd, UK Instituto del Mar del Perú ,Callao, Perú DST/NRF ,Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick, Institute of African Ornithology, and Coastal and Marine Research Institute Nelson Mandela University Port Elizabeth ,South Africa Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology Bournemouth University Poole Dorset, UK Marine Scotland Science ,Aberdeen, UK C2 BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY (BAS), UK NOAA, USA IRD, FRANCE NOAA, USA MACARTHUR GREEN, UK NOAA, USA NATURAL RESOURCES WALES, UK INST DEL MAR PERU, PERU UNIV NELSON MANDELA, SOUTH AFRICA UNIV BOURNEMOUTH, UK MARINE SCOTLAND SCI, UK UM MARBEC IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 7.218 TC 25 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00602/71400/69850.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00602/71400/69851.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;adaptive management;Aichi Biodiversity Targets;ecosystem interactions;indirect impacts;management strategy;precautionary approach AB Ecosystem‐based management of fisheries aims to allow sustainable use of fished stocks while keeping impacts upon ecosystems within safe ecological limits. Both the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets promote these aims. We evaluate implementation of ecosystem‐based management in six case‐study fisheries in which potential indirect impacts upon bird or mammal predators of fished stocks are well publicized and well studied. In particular, we consider the components needed to enable management strategies to respond to information from predator monitoring. Although such information is available in all case‐studies, only one has a reference point defining safe ecological limits for predators and none has a method to adjust fishing activities in response to estimates of the state of the predator population. Reference points for predators have been developed outside the fisheries management context, but adoption by fisheries managers is hindered a lack of clarity about management objectives and uncertainty about how fishing affects predator dynamics. This also hinders the development of adjustment methods because these generally require information on the state of ecosystem variables relative to reference points. Nonetheless, most of the case‐studies include precautionary measures to limit impacts on predators. These measures are not used tactically and therefore risk excessive restrictions on sustainable use. Adoption of predator reference points to inform tactical adjustment of precautionary measures would be an appropriate next step towards ecosystem‐based management. PY 2020 PD MAR SO Fish And Fisheries SN 1467-2960 PU Wiley VL 21 IS 2 UT 000505754400001 BP 368 EP 378 DI 10.1111/faf.12434 ID 71400 ER EF