Bio‐ecological dimensions of fisheries management, biodiversity and governance

Rice, Jake; Mace, Pamela M.

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“…In tune with what is known as the ‘industrialization of the ocean’ (Smith, 2000), apprehensions about overfishing have come to pervade modern societies at least since the middle of the 19th century. Rice and Mace (2014) point out that the effort to determine ‘optimum’ fishing levels for fisheries probably started in the first half of the 20th century, leading—in the period between the 1930s and the 1950s—to concurrence on MSY as an ‘operational biological reference point’. As Garcia et al.…”

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Maximum sustainable employment: Adding to the beacons of wild fisheries governance

Bavinck,

Scholtens,

Fabinyi

2024

Fish and Fisheries

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This paper proposes to establish Maximum Sustainable Employment (MSE) as a new guiding light, or beacon, for wild fisheries governance. This new social beacon complements the directives provided by the prevailing beacons: Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) and Maximum Economic Yield (MEY). The argument is that context matters: in countries where poverty levels are high and alternative employment is scarce, fisheries governors cannot limit themselves to a sectoral perspective. Instead, they must include the remunerative employment and ‘decent work’ that wild fisheries offer society in their strategic deliberations. This perspective is especially relevant for countries in the Global South, but it also has a bearing on the Global North. After discussing the history of scientific fisheries management and the relevance of employment in fisheries, the paper considers the arguments made against MSE. It concludes with a reflection on the balancing of the three beacons in line with prevailing circumstances.

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Maximum sustainable employment: Adding to the beacons of wild fisheries governance

Bavinck,

Scholtens,

Fabinyi

2024

Fish and Fisheries

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Examining the impact of CITES listing of sharks and rays in Southeast Asian fisheries

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CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. However, measuring the effectiveness and impacts of these trade regulations for commercially exploited aquatic species remains challenging. This study highlights observed or documented changes in elasmobranch fisheries in eight Southeast Asian countries before and after the listing of sharks and rays in CITES’ Appendix II, and the influence of CITES across five pillars or sectors of a “fishery assessment framework” developed especially for this purpose. Fisheries experts reported change was most common in the “governance” (e.g., policy, regulation and compliance) and “fisher(y)” sectors (e.g., structure and effort) of the assessment framework. The smallest change was recorded in “markets” (e.g., structures and prices) and “sociocultural” sectors (e.g., consumption, livelihoods and community awareness). Overall, the study demonstrates a measurable, albeit small, mostly positive influence of CITES in five of eight countries, while noting predominantly negative influences across two, and ongoing challenges for all in maintaining legal trade of these CITES‐listed species. The study concludes by offering guidance on future needs: most notably, more effort for long‐term collection of fundamental fisher‐, stock‐ and market‐related data to inform adaptive management and facilitation of legal trade where it is shown to be sustainable. Furthermore, as many of the shark and ray species under CITES provisions are transboundary stocks, increased support for communication and cooperation among regional fishery stakeholders is an ongoing need.

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Bio‐ecological dimensions of fisheries management, biodiversity and governance

Cited by 2 publications

References 40 publications

Maximum sustainable employment: Adding to the beacons of wild fisheries governance

Maximum sustainable employment: Adding to the beacons of wild fisheries governance

Examining the impact of CITES listing of sharks and rays in Southeast Asian fisheries

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