Economic, social and ecological attributes of marine recreational fisheries in Galicia, Spain

The Use of Recreational Fishers’ Ecological Knowledge to Assess the Conservation Status of Marine Ecosystems

“…It is therefore not surprising that fishers interviewed in this study identified overfishing and habitat loss as the main threats to marine ecosystems, in concordance with mainstream science (Jackson et al, 2001). Although most fishers stressed that commercial fisheries are primarily responsible for overfishing, other (e.g., Participant 6) also recognized their role and responsibility (Hyder et al, 2018;Pita et al, 2018b;Radford et al, 2018).…”

“…Galicia has one of the largest commercial fleets globally, including large scale high seas vessels operating from the main ports (STECF, 2018), and 4,000 small-scale fisheries vessels in many of the smaller towns and villages (Freire and García-Allut, 2000;. Coastal ecosystems are also exploited by a thriving marine recreational fishery composed by 60,000 fishers and 4,000 boats (Pita et al, 2018b). Furthermore, one of the most important worldwide mussel aquaculture industry is located there (Pérez-Camacho et al, 1991;Villasante et al, 2013), which along with intensive shipping traffic (Suárez de Vivero and Rodríguez Mateos, 2012) and growing tourism demand (Cortés-Jiménez, 2008) shape a highly complex socioecological system.…”

Assessing Knowledge Gaps and Management Needs to Cope With Barriers for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability of Marine Recreational Fisheries: The Case of Spain

“…Ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta (Ascanius, 1767), European seabass and white seabream are among the most relevant species for recreational fishers in the Spanish Atlantic (Zarauz et al, 2015;Pita and Freire, 2016;Pita et al, 2018a), while comber Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758), Mediterranean rainbow wrasse and white seabream and related species like annular seabream and common two-banded seabream D. vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) are important in the Mediterranean Sea (Coll et al, 2004;Morales-Nin et al, 2005;Gordoa, 2009;Font and Lloret, 2011). Most species exploited by Spanish recreational fisheries, included in different lists of targeted species in the reviewed publications, have relatively fast life histories.…”

Temporal and spatial predictions of effect of alternative fishing policies for the Gran Canaria marine ecosystem

“…These high values indicate that if there isn′t any limitation applied to this fishery, its effort in 2030 would be more than 10 times higher than that of 2005. However, scenario 5 is the only one that could reduce the level of fishing effort and catches of recreational fishermen (49% less than current) to levels more in the line reported in other regions (Cabanellas‐Reboredo et al ., ; ICES, ; Pita et al ., ). If we focus on the small‐scale fishery, the 4th and 5th scenarios are the best.…”