Multiple-Use Management Strategy Evaluation for Coastal Marine Ecosystems Using InVitro

Environmental management is characterised by multiple and conflicting objectives, multiple stakeholders with divergent interests, and high levels of uncertainty about the dynamics of and interactions amongst the resources being managed. This conjunction of issues can result in high levels of contention and difficulties in the management process. MSE and risk assessment can assist in the resolution of some of these issues. MSE involves assessing the consequences of different management options and making clear the tradeoffs in their performance across a range of management objectives and uncertainties in resource dynamics (Butterworth et al. 1997; Cochrane et al. 1998; Butterworth and Punt