Report of the Study Group on “Ecosystem-Based Management Science and its application to the North Pacific”

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL EBM HISTORY References CANADA Overview Activities to date Integrated Management implementation in Canada Objectives, indicators and reference points Assessment approaches Research directions for the future Management directions for the future References JAPAN Overview Conservation and sustainable use of marine living resources Harvest control by TAC system Stock Recovery Plan and effort regulation system Stock enhancement by hatchery-produced juvenile release Conservation and sustainable develop-ment on coastal waters The implementation of ecosystem-based management PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Overview Current actions Output control Input control Summer fishing ban Enhance ecosystem health REPUBLIC OF KOREA Initiatives and actions of ecosystem-based management in Korea Current ecosystem-based management initiatives in Korea Precautionary TAC-based fishery management Closed fishing season/areas Fish size- and sex-controls Fishing gear design restrictions Marine protected areas (MPA) RUSSIA Existing and anticipated ecosystem-based management initiatives Issues related to the implementation of ecosystem-based management UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Definitions and approaches to ecosystem-based fishery management in the United States Present U.S. legislative mandates relating to ecosystem-based fishery management Target species Bycatch species Threatened or endangered species Habitats Food webs Ecosystems Integration of legislative mandates into an ecosystem approach Scientific issues in implementing ecosystem-based approaches References DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS APPENDICES Appendix 10.1 Study group membership and participants Appendix 10.2 Terminology definitions Appendix 10.3 Present state of implementing ecosystem-based fishery management in Alaska: Alaska groundfish fisheries Appendix 10.4 Present state of implementing ecosystem-based fishery management off the West Coast of the United States: Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries Appendix 10.5 Descriptions of multi-species and ecosystem models developed or under development in the U.S. North Pacific region that might be used to predict effects of fishing on ecosystems Appendix 10.6 A potential standard reporting format (developed by Australia, and currently being used by the U.S.A in their contribution to this report) (83 page document)

Agricultural Best Management Practices and Treatment Wetlands in the Gabilan Watershed: Project Asessment and Evaluation Plan

Several local groups have come together for this project to addresses water quality concerns in the Gabilan Watershed – also known as the Reclamation Ditch Watershed (Fig. 1.1). These are Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML), the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County (RCDMC), Central Coast Watershed Studies (CCoWS), Return of the Natives (RON), Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), and Coastal Conservation and Research (CC&R). The primary goal is to reduce non-point source pollution – particularly suspended sediment, nutrients, and pesticides – and thereby improve near-shore coastal waters of Moss Landing Harbor and the Monterey Bay. (Document contains 33 pages)

Strategic planning for long-term financing of Pacific leatherback conservation and recovery:Proceedings of the Bellagio Sea Turtle Conservation Initiative, Terengganu, Malaysia; July 2007

On 17-20 July 2007, 45 experts on sea turtles, fisheries, conservation and finance from 10 countries convened at the Bellagio Sea Turtle Conservation Initiative workshop in Terengganu to focus on methods to save the imperiled Pacific leatherback from extinction. The group developed a strategic plan to guide the prioritization and long term financing of Pacific leatherback turtle conservation and recovery objectives. Participants identified critical conservation actions and agreed that a business plan is urgently needed to reverse the trajectory towards extinction of the Pacific leatherback. The conservation actions prioritized by the participants encompassed protecting nesting beaches including eggs and nesting females; reducing direct and indirect turtle take in coastal fisheries; and strengthening regional and sub-regional cooperation. The group committed to work together on fundraising and implementation of these urgent conservation actions. This report presents outputs and the plan that was produced from the workshop.

Proposta de organização do catálogo de processos da Câmara dos Deputados

Apresenta uma proposta de organização do Catálogo de Processos para a Câmara dos Deputados. Para esse propósito foram utilizados os conceitos de Gestão de Processos e de Cadeia de Valor e analisados alguns frameworks mundialmente conhecidos. Contudo, foi utilizado como insumo principal o Plano de Classificação Funcional, documento elaborado pelo Centro de Documentação e Informação (CEDI), órgão da instituição, principalmente para a parte dos processos legislativos, referentes às atividades finalísticas da Casa. O Catálogo de Processos, construído para atender a uma demanda do Escritório Corporativo de Gestão Estratégica, após implantação, será amplamente utilizado por toda a Casa e possibilitará uma visão dos processos de ponta-a-ponta. Será esperado e desejado a sua evolução, fruto de ajustes para realidade atual e do amadurecimento da Casa na gestão de processos.

Proposta de projeto de implementação de gerenciamento de serviços de TI baseado em ITIL V3, utilizando a abordagem ITIL Lite, para o Centro de Informática da Câmara dos Deputados

Com a retirada da ITIL V2 anunciada recentemente pela OGC, organizações do mundo todo que dependem dos serviços de TI começam a pensar em, pelo menos, dar início à implementação de gerenciamento de serviços de TI baseada em ITIL na sua versão 3. A partir de desdobramentos deste cenário mundial, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo apresentar uma proposta de plano de projeto para o Centro de Informática da Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil, identificando atividades baseadas na abordagem oficial ITIL Lite, que possibilita a implantação de um subconjunto de componentes ITIL V3 de acordo com a atual situação da organização, deixando o caminho aberto para uma eventual total implementação dos processos e funções.

Uma contribuição para a melhoria da disponibilidade da infraestrutura de armazenamento consolidado de dados na Câmara Dos Deputados

Apresenta uma proposta de contribuição para a melhoria de disponibilidade do armazenamento de dados, baseado no estudo de caso da Câmara dos Deputados. Inclui a caracterização do ambiente existente, do ponto de vista da disponibilidade e o entendimento dos requisitos das efetivas necessidades do negócio, balanceadas pela relação custo/benefício. São avaliados os assuntos da alta disponibilidade e do gerenciamento de projetos relativos ao caso. São analisadas as práticas de Gerenciamento de Disponibilidade à luz de guias amplamente reconhecidos como o ITIL. A aplicação deste conhecimento, adequado ao cenário em estudo, permite a consolidação de um Plano de Projeto de implantação de melhorias.

Materiales vascos del legado de Wilhelm von Humboldt: la relevancia de Astarloa y el Plan de Lenguas

Este artículo es traducción del original alemán «Zum Stellenwert Astarloas und des Plan de Lenguas», publicado en B. Hurch (ed.), Die baskischen Materialien aus dem Nachlaß Wilhelm von Humboldts. Astarloa, Charpentier, Fréret, Aizpitarte und anderes. Paderborn: Schöningh, pp. 21-42. La traducción al español es obra de Oroitz Jauregi y ha sido revisada por Ricardo Gómez y Bernhard Hurch.

Full Implementation of Rank Dependent Prizes

A manager/mechanism designer must allocate a set of money prizes ($1, $2, .., $n) between n agents working in a team. The agents know the state i.e. who contributed most, second most, etc. The agents' prefer- ences over prizes are state independent. We incorporate the possibility that the manager knows the state with a tiny probability and present a simple mechanism that uniquely implement prizes that respects the true state.

The India MPA Workshop Proceedings. Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Areas Implementation in India: do Fishing Communities Benefit? 21-22 January 2009, IMAGE Auditorium, Chennai, India

In the current context of natural resource management, marine protected areas (MPAs) are being widely propagated as an important tool for the conservation of marine and fisheries resources. The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) recently undertook a series of studies on MPAs in India to highlight the various legal, institutional, policy and livelihoods issues that confront fishing and coastal communities. In order to discuss the findings of these case studies and to suggest proposals for livelihood-sensitive conservation and management of coastal and fisheries resources through participatory processes, ICSF organized a two-day workshop on ‘Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Area Implementation in India: Do Fishing Communities Benefit?’ at Chennai on 21-22 January 2009. This publication—the India MPA Workshop Proceedings—contains the prospectus of the workshop, a report of the proceedings and the consensus statement that was reached by organizations and individuals who particapated in the workshop. This publication will be useful for fishworkers, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, trade unions, researchers and others interested in natural resource management and coastal and fishing communities.

La valoración de las existencias en el nuevo Plan General de Contabilidad y su comparativa con la normativa precedente

La valoración de las existencias es uno de los aspectos más problemáticos que tienen las empresas a la hora de presentar sus estados contables. La distinta normativa existente, las variantes que suscita y la complejidad de su interpretación conlleva a valoraciones distintas para las diferentes clases de existencias, afectando a los informes contables y consecuentemente a la toma de decisiones de los responsables empresariales. El acercamiento de las normas contables españolas a las Normas Internacionales de Contabilidad/Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera (NIC/NIIF) puede hacer que aparentemente la diversidad en las valoraciones sea menor. En este artículo queremos presentar la nueva normativa contable española emanada por el Plan General de Contabilidad de 2007 y las semejanzas y diferencias con las NIC/NIIF en todos sus apartados