After 20+ years as a research scientist, I recently made a career change to a scientific administrator in NOAA Fisheries. Part of the NOAA Fisheries mission is to provide scientific advice for fisheries using ecosystem based approaches to management. Where I used to see fisheries science as a relatively straightforward discipline, I now recognize fisheries as a complex socio-ecological system that spans natural and social sciences. With this recognition has come an appreciation for the concept of wicked problems and for the incremental approach to policy-making. Here I describe my perspectives before and after this recognition and present 10 lessons for myself as a guide to providing science in support of fisheries management.

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支持渔业管理的科学前沿十大教训

在担任研究科学家20多年后，我最近转行到NOAA渔业的科学管理员一职。NOAA渔业任务的一部分是使用基于生态系统的管理方法为渔业提供科学建议。在我以前将渔业科学视为一门相对简单的学科的地方，现在我认识到渔业是一个涵盖自然科学和社会科学的复杂的社会生态系统。有了这种认识，就对邪恶问题的概念和逐步制定政策的方法表示赞赏。在此，我将描述这种认识前后的观点，并为我自己提供10课，以作为提供科学支持渔业管理的指南。