Living resources, society and development Scope of the theme include : Renewable and non-renewable resources Coast to High Seas DEA and DAFF already processes to do situational assessment - Infrastructure - Capacity - Funding - Research Issues: Increasing demand for resource exploitation for economic development and food security Sustainable use of resources and ocean space Research to implement ecosystem based management Translation of science to governance (cross cutting) Human Capacity Development (cross cutting) Infrastructure (cross cutting)
Research gaps and opportunities: Tipping points (threshold of potential concern) To support resource stocks recovery Research to implement ecosystem based management Centres of excellence (cross cutting) Inventory of disciplines required: Social research (DST/NFR Review Panel) Resource economic research Fisheries science Marine ecology Coastal and Marine spatial planning Legal Ocean governance Biostatistics Modelling (cross cutting)