In the SeaUseTip project we want to:

• identify mechanisms leading to tipping points in the composition of the fish community
• uncover ecological feedbacks that stabilize different ecosystem regimes
• identify and quantify the consequences of ecological tipping points for the economic and socio-cultural subsystems
• identify and quantify links and feedbacks between ecological, economic and socio-cultural subsystems that determine the vulnerability of the North Sea SES to tipping points
• develop operational measures for ecosystem-based management that reduce vulnerabilities and have the potential to counteract unwanted changes in the ecosystem