Program Leader
Dr. Phillip Levin
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Ecosystems & Climate
Dr. Phillip Levin
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The goal of the Science for Ecosystem-based Management Initiative
(SEMI) is to research the ecological interactions and processes
necessary to sustain ecosystem composition, structure and function in
the environments in which fish and fisheries exist. Understanding the
factors that sustain the ecosystem will provide the scientific
underpinnings needed to inform ecosystem-based management of
groundfish in the Pacific Northwest.
Ecosystem-based management can be an important complement to existing
approaches of fisheries management. By understanding the complex
ecological relationships within which exploited fishes exist,
researchers can better anticipate the effects of the ecosystem on
fisheries and the effects of fishing on the ecosystem.
The SEMI will draw upon expertise from within and outside the NWFSC to
address the following five research foci:
- Interactions of a target fish stock with predators, competitors and prey
- The effects of weather and climate on target species and their ecological communities
- The effects of fishing on marine ecosystems and fish habitat
- Interactions between fishes and their habitat
- Marine Protected Areas as a fisheries conservation and management tool
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