Indicators of Changing States of Large Marine Ecosystems

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Contents

Ocean Policy and the LME Approach 3

Large Marine Ecosystem Program Background 4

LME Definition: Delineation and Major Stressors 5

LME Indicator Modules 9

Productivity 9

Fish and fisheries 9

Pollution and Ecosystem Health 10

Socioeconomics 10

Governance 11

Application of Indicator Modules to LME Management Supported by the Global Environment Facility

(GEF) 11

Science-based Assessments of LME Biomass Yields 12

Recovering Fisheries Biomass 14

Global Environmental Facility LME Projects 17

Nitrogen Over-Enrichment of LMEs 18

A Way Forward: The GEF-LME Project Approach to Management 20

LME Modeling Contributes to Policy-Making 23

The LME Approach to World Summit Targets 24

References 25