Ecosystem Based Management of Marine Fisheries has been designed to suit the needs of resource managers and others involved in the management of marine fisheries, for a comprehensive all en compassing reference guide. In a lucid detailed manner, it explains the various implications of ecosystem destruction as well as conservation on the fishery industry, and gives a detailed explanation of the need for the transition in fisheries management from a numbers based system to an ecosystem and environmental based one.

It provides a conceptual framework for the development of a global policy and the best operational practice for effective ecosystem management and identifies main issues and proposed policies and implementation guidance to help resolve those issues.