Management of living marine resources: a research plan for the Washington and Oregon Continental Margin

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Citation

Originator: Bottom, Daniel L., Kim K. Jones, Jeffery D. Rodgers, and Robin F. Brown

Publish Date: November 1989

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: Cedric.X.Cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: The scale of human impact on the world's oceans is expanding at a rate that greatly exceeds our capacity to foresee the consequences. Despite progress in environmental assessment during the past several decades, prediction of the effects of human disturbances in large marine ecosystems remains an elusive goal. The inability to forecast ecological change is, in part, a practical limitation; the complexity of physical and biological interactions superimposed by a myriad of human disturbances often overwhelms available information and understanding. However, the uncertainty may be more absolute; chance events may cause irreversible changes in the structure of complex ecosystems that defy prediction (May 1977; Beddington 1986). Whatever the cause, uncertainty is fundamental to our understanding of the behavior oflarge marine ecosystems. Accordingly, a primary function of environmental assessment is not to develop precise predictors of ecological response but rather to minimize the risk that human disturbance will produce large-scale and irreversible change (Bella and Ovenon 1972). The purpose of this research plan is to improve environmental assessment in a large marine ecosystem so that appropriate actions can be taken to minimize the risks of human disturbance.

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Geographic Extent: Oregon and Washington Coast

Status: Final

Use Constraints: The contents of this report are the work and opinions of the authors and ODFW who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein, and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA, USDOC, or NCRI.

Format: PDF file

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Lineage-Source: The preparation of this document was financed by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; the National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute; and by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Field Name	Value
Biblio ID	844
Year	1989
Publisher
Request Type	Report
Location	Salem HQ
Date Created	1989 Nov
Date Cataloged	9/2/05
Date Published	1989
Type	book
Pages	1-80
Volume
Status	2
Descriptor	Harvest; OR & WA Continental margin; living marine resources
Date Entered	2005-09-02 00:00:00
Location In Clackamas Library	WA/OR/CA N2W
Author	DL Bottom; KK Jones; JD Rodgers; RF Brown
Duplicates	2
Number Remaining After Requests
Presumed All Distributed
Back Room Duplicates	1
Author	Bottom, D.L.; Brown, R.; Jones, K.K.; Rodgers, J.D.
Risk	Harvest
Species
Disposition Of Requests	Jean McCrae: Requested, but no copies available
Disposition Of Requests	Jean McCrae - 2: Requested, but no copies available
Disposition Of Requests	StreamNet Library: Requested, but no copies available

Is a physical copy maintained for reference at Headquarters? Yes