United States Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, USA.
Biol Lett. 2011 Aug 23;7(4):481-3. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0046. Epub 2011 Feb 16.
Inland fisheries are a vital component in the livelihoods and food security of people throughout the world, as well as contributing huge recreational and economic benefits. These valuable assets are jeopardized by lack of research-based understanding of the impacts of fisheries on inland ecosystems, and similarly the impact of human activities associated with inland waters on fisheries and aquatic biodiversity. To explore this topic, an international workshop was organized in order to examine strategies to incorporate fisheries into ecosystem approaches for management of inland waters. To achieve this goal, a new research agenda is needed that focuses on: quantifying the ecosystem services provided by fresh waters; quantifying the economic, social and nutritional benefits of inland fisheries; improving assessments designed to evaluate fisheries exploitation potential; and examining feedbacks between fisheries, ecosystem productivity and aquatic biodiversity. Accomplishing these objectives will require merging natural and social science approaches to address coupled social-ecological system dynamics.
内陆渔业是全球人民生计和粮食安全的重要组成部分，同时也带来了巨大的娱乐和经济效益。然而，由于缺乏对渔业对内陆生态系统影响的基于研究的理解，以及人类活动对渔业和水生生物多样性的影响的类似理解，这些宝贵的资产正受到威胁。为了探讨这个主题，组织了一次国际研讨会，以研究将渔业纳入内陆水域管理的生态系统方法的策略。为了实现这一目标，需要制定一个新的研究议程，重点关注：量化淡水提供的生态系统服务；量化内陆渔业的经济、社会和营养效益；改进旨在评估渔业开发潜力的评估；以及研究渔业、生态系统生产力和水生生物多样性之间的反馈。实现这些目标需要将自然科学和社会科学方法相结合，以解决耦合的社会-生态系统动态。
