Managing in space & time
We persist in clinging to the idea that resources or biodiversity must be spatially or temporally persistent for managers to effectively address them using spatiotemporal measures. The vast majority of area-based management tools (i.e., marine protected areas or time-area closures) remain static in both time and space. A typical fishery closure operates on monthly to annual time cycles over 100s to 1000s of kilometres, but many of the patterns we seek to manage (i.e., those driving bycatch) operate at smaller scales- requiring more dynamic approaches.
Dynamic Ocean Management
Dynamic ocean management is any coordination of activities related to the marine environment in which the time and/or location of the implemented measure is dependent on spatiotemporally variable conditions (e.g., oceanography, the contents of a haul or market signals), and is updated in near-real time with the objective of increasing efficiency by aligning the temporal and spatial scales of the resource, resource users, management, and markets.
In AMBL, we are always looking for new applications of dynamic management and opportunities to work with managers and industry to develop new tools to allow for more efficient and sustainable use of marine resources.
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Related Publications
2021
Patterns of depredation in the Hawai�i deep-set longline fishery informed by fishery and false killer whale behavior
Fader, J.E., R.W. Baird, A. Bradford, D.C. Dunn, K. Forney, A. J. Read.
Ecosphere
2020
Beyond static spatial management: scientific and legal considerations for dynamic management in the high seas
Ortuño Crespo, G., D.C. Dunn, K.M. Gjerde, P.N. Halpin, J. Mossop, et al.
Mar. Policy
2019
Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global protected ocean
Tittensor, D.P., Beger, M., Boerder, K., Boyce, D., Cavanagh, R., et al.
Sci. Adv.
2016
Dynamic ocean management increases the efficiency and efficacy of fisheries management
Dunn, D.C., Maxwell, S.M., Boustany, A.M., Halpin, P.N.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
2015
Spatiotemporal patterns of rockfish bycatch in US west coast groundfish fisheries: opportunities for reducing incidental catch of depleted species
Bjorkland, R., Dunn, D.C., McClure, M., Jannot, J., Bellman, M.A., et al.
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.
2015
Dynamic Ocean Management: Identifying the Critical Ingredients of Dynamic Approaches to Ocean Resource Management
Lewison, R., Hobday, A.J., Maxwell, S., Hazen, E., Hartog, J.R., et al.
Bioscience
2015
Dynamic ocean management: Defining and conceptualizing real-time management of the ocean
Maxwell, S.M., Hazen, E.L., Lewison, R.L., Dunn, D.C., Bailey, H., et al.
Mar. Policy
2014
Empirical move-on rules to inform fishing strategies: a New England case study
Dunn, D.C., Boustany, A.M., Roberts, J.J., Brazer, E., Sanderson, M., et al.
Fish Fish.
2014
Dynamic ocean management: Integrating scientific and technological capacity with law, policy and management
Hobday, A.J., Maxwell, S., Forgie, J., McDonald, J., Darby, M., et al.
Stanford Environ. Law J.
2011