Dan Steadman
@danjsteadman.bsky.social
Working towards improved ecosystem conservation and fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic for Pew. Former fisheries lead at Fauna & Flora. Views my own.
@deepseaconserve.bsky.social working very hard on ensuring these VME measures are comprehensive, guided by latest benthic science and in line with UNGA commitments. @pewtrusts.org working very hard to make sure measures conform to CBD OECM criteria!
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@deepseaconserve.bsky.social working very hard on ensuring these VME measures are comprehensive, guided by latest benthic science and in line with UNGA commitments. @pewtrusts.org working very hard to make sure measures conform to CBD OECM criteria!
Re: future permanence. Management measure reviewed every 5 years. Closures can be expanded, reduced, removed but only if annually received scientific advice from @icesmarine.bsky.social shows changes in status/distribution of VME habitats. Underlying measure here: www.neafc.org/system/files...
www.neafc.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Re: future permanence. Management measure reviewed every 5 years. Closures can be expanded, reduced, removed but only if annually received scientific advice from @icesmarine.bsky.social shows changes in status/distribution of VME habitats. Underlying measure here: www.neafc.org/system/files...
Generally agreement between closure areas and fishable benthic depth. Images taken from here: ices-library.figshare.com/articles/rep...
NEAFC request on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures in relation to long-term biodiversity/ecosystem benefits of NEAFC’s closed areas and areas restricted to bottom fishing (replacing adv...
ICES advises that the VME closures in NEAFC regulatory areas (RAs) achieve long-term sustained in situ biodiversity/ecosystem benefits as long as these closures remain in place. All VME closures in NE...
ices-library.figshare.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Generally agreement between closure areas and fishable benthic depth. Images taken from here: ices-library.figshare.com/articles/rep...
Hey both, hard to find the right full overlay map but here's a comparison of the NEAFC benthic closures submitted as OECMs (red on left map) and bathymetry of same area (everything not white on right map is <2000m depth)
April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hey both, hard to find the right full overlay map but here's a comparison of the NEAFC benthic closures submitted as OECMs (red on left map) and bathymetry of same area (everything not white on right map is <2000m depth)
Credit to authors Cornell Overfield @overfield.bsky.social and Jessica Ylemo from @cna.org.
Enjoyed this closing remark: "If coastal and flag States fail to establish an RFMO, they may sooner or later find that their squid, hake, and luck have all run out."
Enjoyed this closing remark: "If coastal and flag States fail to establish an RFMO, they may sooner or later find that their squid, hake, and luck have all run out."
March 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Credit to authors Cornell Overfield @overfield.bsky.social and Jessica Ylemo from @cna.org.
Enjoyed this closing remark: "If coastal and flag States fail to establish an RFMO, they may sooner or later find that their squid, hake, and luck have all run out."
Enjoyed this closing remark: "If coastal and flag States fail to establish an RFMO, they may sooner or later find that their squid, hake, and luck have all run out."
Reposted by Dan Steadman
The frustrating thing is that the paper specifically recognizes that “lost yield” may be due to a specific policy choice to preserve ecosystem health, i.e. Menhaden in the US, but still chooses to “penalize” the US for that choice.
January 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The frustrating thing is that the paper specifically recognizes that “lost yield” may be due to a specific policy choice to preserve ecosystem health, i.e. Menhaden in the US, but still chooses to “penalize” the US for that choice.