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Howard I Browman, Konstantinos I Stergiou, T Agardy, David Fluharty, MF Hirshfield, Patricia A Livingston, Ole Arve Misund, Hein Rune Skjoldal, JC Rice, Andrew A Rosenberg, Karen L McLeod, K Sherman, M Sissenwine, V Christensen, A Duda, G Hempel, C Ibe, S Levin, D Lluch-Belda, G Matishov, J McGlade, M O’Toole, S Seitzinger, R Serra, Q Tang, J Thulin, V Vandeweerd, K Zwanenburg, UR Sumaila, S Tudela, K Short, G Valdimarsson, R Metzner, WM Watson-Wright

2005/9/16

Marine Ecology Progress Series

300

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241-296

Politics and socio-economics of ecosystem-based management of marine resources MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Mar Ecol Prog Ser Vol. 300: 241–296, 2005 Published September 16 Introduction Howard I. Browman1,**, Konstantinos I. Stergiou2 1Institute of Marine Research-Austevoll, 5392 Storebø, Norway Email: howard. browman@ imr. no 2Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Biology, Department of Zoology, Box 134, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece Email: kstergio@ bio. auth. gr The ecosystem-based approach (EA) to the management of marine resources has been the focus of several recent publications (eg Browman & Stergiou 2004, Pikitch et al. 2004, Beddington & Kirkwood 2005, Daan et al. 2005). Despite this flurry of articles, the often over-riding importance of political and socio-economic forces in establishing and implementing the EA have not been adequately addressed (but see …