Marine aquaculture: An example of ecosystem based management?

Speaker: Michael Rust, Science Advisor, NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture Aquaculture Steering Group Chair, ICES Sponsors: NMFS Ecosystem Based Management/Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Seminar Series (EBM/EBFM) and NOAA Central Library. POC: EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady ([email protected]) Abstract: Does aquaculture regulated under US law represent an ecosystem approach to aquaculture? Maybe so! Dr. Rust will argue that under the National Environmental Policy Act, the completion of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is a good start toward ecosystem-based aquaculture management. About the Speaker: Dr. Rust is currently serving as the Science Advisor for NOAA’s Office of Aquaculture in Silver Spring, MD. In his current role, he is interested in the strategy of funding science, the communication of science to non-scientists and how science can best inform policy, industry development and regulatory decision making.