it is clear that in terms of fisheries rebuilding the ecosystem approach requires policy makers to take into account of the impacts of fishing on ecosystems the impacts of ecosystems on fishing and the interactions between fish and other species in the ecosystem in particular fisheries rebuilding has been the subject of several major international commitments on developing sustainable fisheries and it is universally recognized as necessary for protecting biodiversity and the health of oceans as well being important from an economic and social perspective for many coastal communities as such while it is universally recognized that rebuilding and maintaining robust fisheries are desired there are other factors considered in the management process in addition to the science advice to that end political commitments have been made through a series of hard binding and soft laws non binding