DOES SCIENCE DRIVE THE PROCESS, OR JUST INFORM IT?
Policies that mandate ecosystem-based management of the ocean have emphasized the need for good science. In the newly released “Final Recommendations of the Ocean Policy Task Force” on which the new US national ocean policy is based (described later in this issue), “science” is mentioned more than 65 times. The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the EU Common Fisheries Policy both stress the need for science to underpin management. But defining the exact role for science in EBM is not easy. When EBM is described as a “science-based” process (as occurs 11 times in the US task force recommendations), does that mean science should outweigh other considerations in decision-making? Or is science simply an informative tool, one of many for decision-makers to use as they progress toward EBM? The role of science in EBM is a central subject. Below, MEAM asks practitioners how science has been incorporated in EBM processes on which they have worked. (The next issue of MEAM, October
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