Contents - The UNEP LME Report - Large Marine Ecosystems of the ...

Contents - The UNEP LME ReportMessage from the Executive Director of UNEPMessage from the Executive Director of GEFMessage from the Director of the Environment & Energy Group, Bureau forDevelopment Policy, UNDPPrefaceAcknowledgmentsExpert Peer ReviewersContentsiiivviixixiiixvxviiBACKGROUND REPORTS 1Perspectives on Regional Seas and the Large Marine Ecosystem Approach 3K. Sherman and G. HempelFisheries in Large Marine Ecosystems: Descriptionsand Diagnoses 23D. Pauly, J. Alder, S. Booth, W.W.L. Cheung, C. Close, U.R. Sumaila, W. Swartz,A. Tavakolie, R. Watson, L. Wood and D. ZellerAccelerated Warming and Emergent trends in Fisheries Biomass Yields of theWorld’s Large Marine Ecosystems 41K. Sherman, I. Belkin, K. Friedland, J. O’Reilly, K. HydeLand-Based Sources of Nutrients to Large Marine Ecosystems 81S. Seitzinger and R. LeeLMEs and REGIONAL SEAS 99I West and Central Africa 1011. Benguela Current LME 1032. Guinea Current LME 1173. Canary Current LME 131II Eastern Africa 1434. Agulhas Current LME 1455. Somali Current LME 159III Red Sea and Gulf of Aden 1736. Red Sea LME 175IV Mediterranean 1877. Mediterranean Sea LME 189V Black Sea 2018. Black Sea LME 203

47. Gulf of California LME 62748. Pacific Central-American LME 643XV Wider Caribbean 65549. Caribbean Sea LME 65750. Gulf of Mexico LME 67351. Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf LME 689XVI South-West Atlantic 69952. North Brazil Shelf LME 70153. East Brazil Shelf LME 71154. South Brazil Shelf LME 72355. Patagonian Shelf LME 735XVII South-East Pacific 74756. Humboldt Current LME 749XVIII Antarctic 76357. Antarctic LME 765XIX LMEs Outside Regional Sea Areas 77558. West Greenland Shelf LME 77759. Newfoundland Labrador Shelf LME 78760. Scotian Shelf LME 79561. Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf LME 80562. Hudson Bay LME 81763. Insular Pacific-Hawaiian LME 82964. Southwest Australia LME 839