@article{fdi:010049487, title = {{U}sing indicators for evaluating, comparing, and communicating the ecological status of exploited marine ecosystems. 1. {T}he {I}ndi{S}eas project}, author = {{S}hin, {Y}unne-{J}ai and {S}hannon, {L}. {J}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{O}ne of the challenges faced by the scientific community grappling with the ecosystem approach to fisheries is to propose a generic set of synthetic ecological indicators, which would accurately reflect the effects of fisheries on marine ecosystems, and could support sound communication and management practices. {T}he {I}ndi{S}eas {W}orking {G}roup was established in 2005 under the auspices of the {E}ur-{O}ceans {N}etwork of {E}xcellence to develop methods to provide indicators-based assessments of the status of exploited marine ecosystems in a comparative framework. {H}ere, we present the two main outputs of the first phase of the project: a suite of papers documenting a combination of indicator-based methods and results comparing the ecological status of the world's exploited marine ecosystems, and a website aiming to communicate these results beyond scientific audiences.}, keywords = {comparative approach ; fishing impacts ; indicator ; {I}ndi{S}eas ; marine ecosystem status}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{I}ces {J}ournal of {M}arine {S}cience}, volume = {67}, numero = {4}, pages = {686--691}, ISSN = {1054-3139}, year = {2010}, DOI = {10.1093/icesjms/fsp273}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049487}, }