the authors wish to express their grateful thanks to the many colleagues who made comments and
gave suggestions on the early draft of this document during and after the FAO Expert Consultation
on Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management, Reykjavik, Iceland, 16-19 September 2002, and
particularly to Drs K.L. Cochrane and D. Staples.
Thanks are also due to Ms Emanuela D’Antoni for the photomontage on the cover, made on the
basis of material available in the FAO MediaBase and FishBase Best Photos (by J.E. Randall and
JJPhoto).
1 Paragraph 29d of the Plan of Imple