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Ecosystem-sensitive approaches to fishing: reconciling fisheries with conservation through improvements in fishing technology
1 School of Ocean Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Wales-Bangor, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, LL59 5AB, UK
2 Marine Institute Headquarters, Rinville, Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland
3 Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
4 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Correspondence to M. J. Kaiser: tel: +44 1248 383751; fax: +44 1248 716367; e-mail: michel.kaiser@bangor.ac.uk
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This session focused on the role of gear technology in the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fish stocks and other marine resources, and how it has contributed to more ecosystem-based approaches to fishery management that strive to fulfil the commitments of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). Within this context, Session II benefited from a keynote presentation by Simon Jennings and Andrew Revill (Jennings and Revill, 2007) that addressed precisely these issues. They highlighted the need for a decision-support framework or "toolbox" that would allow managers to determine when it was appropriate or cost-effective to seek a solution to a particular environmental problem through technological solutions to gear design, or its use with other possible mitigation measures, such as effort reduction or area closures. Examples are well documented of gear technology providing