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Strong fisheries management and governance positively impact ecosystem status

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dc.contributor.authorBundy, Alida
dc.contributor.authorChuenpagdee, Ratana
dc.contributor.authorBoldt, Jennifer L.
dc.contributor.authorBorges, Maria de Fatima
dc.contributor.authorCamara, Mohamed Lamine
dc.contributor.authorColl, Marta
dc.contributor.authorDiallo, Ibrahima
dc.contributor.authorFox, Clive
dc.contributor.authorFulton, Elizabeth A.
dc.contributor.authorGazihan, Ayse
dc.contributor.authorJarre, Astrid
dc.contributor.authorJouffre, Didier
dc.contributor.authorKleisner, Kristin M.
dc.contributor.authorKnight, Ben
dc.contributor.authorLink, Jason
dc.contributor.authorMatiku, Patroba P.
dc.contributor.authorMasski, Hicham
dc.contributor.authorMoutopoulos, Dimitrios K.
dc.contributor.authorPiroddi, Chiara
dc.contributor.authorRaid, Tut
dc.contributor.authorSobrino, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorTam, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorThiao, Djiga
dc.contributor.authorAngeles Torres, Maria
dc.contributor.authorTsagarakis, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorvan der Meeren, Gro I.
dc.contributor.authorShin, Yunne-Jai
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:53:48Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:53:48Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.description.abstractFisheries have had major negative impacts on marine ecosystems, and effective fisheries management and governance are needed to achieve sustainable fisheries, biodiversity conservation goals and thus good ecosystem status. To date, the IndiSeas programme (Indicators for the Seas) has focussed on assessing the ecological impacts of fishing at the ecosystem scale using ecological indicators. Here, we explore fisheries Management Effectiveness' and Governance Quality' and relate this to ecosystem health and status. We developed a dedicated expert survey, focused at the ecosystem level, with a series of questions addressing aspects of management and governance, from an ecosystem-based perspective, using objective and evidence-based criteria. The survey was completed by ecosystem experts (managers and scientists) and results analysed using ranking and multivariate methods. Results were further examined for selected ecosystems, using expert knowledge, to explore the overall findings in greater depth. Higher scores for Management Effectiveness' and Governance Quality' were significantly and positively related to ecosystems with better ecological status. Key factors that point to success in delivering fisheries and conservation objectives were as follows: the use of reference points for management, frequent review of stock assessments, whether Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) catches were being accounted for and addressed, and the inclusion of stakeholders. Additionally, we found that the implementation of a long-term management plan, including economic and social dimensions of fisheries in exploited ecosystems, was a key factor in successful, sustainable fisheries management. Our results support the thesis that good ecosystem-based management and governance, sustainable fisheries and healthy ecosystems go together.
dc.description.sponsorshipIOC-UNESCO; EuroMarine; European FP7 MEECE research project; European Network of Excellence Eur-Oceans; FRB EMIBIOS project [212085]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/faf.12184
dc.identifier.issn1467-2960
dc.identifier.issn1467-2979
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11695
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relationMarine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMarine ecosystems
dc.subjectStakeholder participation
dc.subjectEcological indicators
dc.subjectStock collapse
dc.subjectSouth-Africa
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectLessons
dc.subjectFish
dc.subjectSea
dc.subjectImplementation
dc.titleStrong fisheries management and governance positively impact ecosystem status
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleMarine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/212085/EU
oaire.citation.endPage439
oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.startPage412
oaire.citation.titleFish and Fisheries
oaire.citation.volume18
oaire.fundingStreamFP7
person.familyNameTorres
person.givenNameMaria Angeles
person.identifier465172
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4922-1894
person.identifier.ridK-2168-2017
person.identifier.scopus-author-id55793871800
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
rcaap.rightsopenAccess
rcaap.typearticle
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