Multijurisdictional fisheries performance reporting: How Australia’s nationally standardised approach to assessing stock status compares

Flood, Matthew J.; Stobutzki, Ilona; Andrews, James W.; Ashby, Crispian; Begg, Gavin A.; Fletcher, Rick; Gardner, Caleb; Georgeson, Lee; Hansen, Scott P.; Hartmann, Klaas; Hone, P.W.; Larcombe, James; Maloney, Luke; Moore, Anthony T.; Roach, Justin; Roelofs, Anthony; Sainsbury, Keith; Saunders, Thor; Sloan, Sean; Smith, Anthony D. M.; Stewart, John; Stewardson, Carolyn L.; Wise, B. S.

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2016.02.002

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“…; Flood et al . ) and where fisheries are the major pressure on the stock (as is the case for many deep water offshore species, such as orange roughy ( Hoplostethus atlanticus ) in Australia). Developing and operationalizing EBFM is a lengthy process, and even when practised, management actions under EBFM take time to adopt and implement, let alone to show effect (Link ; Tallis et al .…”

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Strong fisheries management and governance positively impact ecosystem status

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Fisheries 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 , 2017, 18, 412-439 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. F I S H and F I S H E R I E SResults 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.

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“…However, this policy question is rarely addressed. The recent SAFS discussion (Flood et al., ) and reconsideration of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) tiers (Dichmont et al., , ), the Alaskan tier system (North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) ), and the U.S. Pacific Fishery Management Council stock assessment categories (Ralston et al., ) are exceptions. Demanding that data‐limited fisheries meet the same precision and accuracy as data‐rich fisheries is unrealistic.…”

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“…While the initial focus of national level stock status reports (e.g., in Australia or the USA) has been on data‐rich stocks, there is interest to report on the large number of stocks which are currently listed as uncertain and to use DLMs to do so. For example, the Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS), the nationally standardized approach to assessing stock status, aims to increase the number of included species from 83 to 200 and to reduce the number of species classified as “undefined” from the current approximately 30% to <10% (Flood et al., ). In the United States, there is a legal requirement to assess and set Acceptable Catch Levels for all species, per the 2006 amendment to the Magnuson–Stevens Act (Newman, Berkson, & Suatoni, ).…”

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Generic solutions for data‐limited fishery assessments are not so simple

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The majority of the world's fisheries, by number, are data‐poor/limited, and there is a growing body of literature pertaining to approaches to estimate data‐limited stock status. There are at least two drivers for assessing the status of data‐limited fisheries. The first is to try to understand and report on the global or regional status of fisheries across many stocks. The second is to attempt to assess individual data‐limited stocks, for status reporting and/or guiding management decisions. These drivers have led to attempts to find simple, generic, low‐cost solutions, including the broad application of generically parameterised models, and the blanket application of a single, or limited number of possible, analytical approach(es). It is unclear that generic methods function as intended, especially when taken out of their original design context or used without care. If the intention is to resolve individual stock status for the purposes of management, there is concern with the indiscriminate application of a single method to a suite of stocks irrespective of the particular circumstances of each. We examine why caution needs to be exercised, and provide guidance on the appropriate application of data‐limited assessment methods (DLMs). We recommend: (a) obtaining better data, (b) using care in acknowledging and interpreting uncertainties in the results of DLMs, (c) embedding DLMs in harvest strategies that are robust to the higher levels of uncertainty in the output of DLMs by including precautionary management measures or buffers and (d) selecting and applying DLMs appropriate to specific species’ and fisheries’ data and context.

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“…In most countries, this report is prepared at regional/jurisdictional levels. Flood et al (2016) reports that, in Australia, wild-capture fisheries are managed by eight separate jurisdictions. Fisheries performance reports (e.g.…”

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Options for maintaining fishery production in the United Arab Emirates due to climate change adaptation strategies

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Fisheries around the world continue to face high demand for more fish to catch in order to offer a healthier alternative source of protein. This is mostly due to the declining global wild fish stock. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), similar to many other countries, has witnessed declining per capita fish availability in the last three decades due to such decreasing fish catch. The goal of this research is to study the benefits and socio-economic implication of adopting sustainable practices in face of climatic uncertainty in the UAE. More specifically, the study undertakes impact analyses of efforts made to sustain such valuable natural resource endowment, i.e., the fish stock. The sustainable practices of the fisheries sector include both hard and soft measures. Hard measures include construction of artificial fish habitats in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Meanwhile, soft measures include enforcement of regulations that protect and conserve the fisheries’ stocks. The economic impacts of these practices are evaluated assuming targeted shiftsbased on assumned scenarios of adaptations measures. To achieve the research objective empirical UAE economic data and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model used to perform the analysis. Results show that prices of fishery products and of other related commodities will decline which will benefit the consumers the most. Producers in all relevant directly and indirectly related economic sectors gain due to more sales, which offsets economic losses caused by the lower fish prices. Returns to factors of production, such capital, and labor, also change from sustainable practices. To measure these impacts this study measures the changes in consumer and producer welfare in the UAE due to the simulated targeted interventions. The limitation of such proposed climate change adaptation impact is that fishermen are profit maximizers and so they may underinvest in sustainable adaptations to climate change which implies that public sector (e.g. government) should play a positive role to sustain fisheries sectors practices in the long-term.

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Multijurisdictional fisheries performance reporting: How Australia’s nationally standardised approach to assessing stock status compares

Cited by 27 publications

References 18 publications

Strong fisheries management and governance positively impact ecosystem status

Strong fisheries management and governance positively impact ecosystem status

Generic solutions for data‐limited fishery assessments are not so simple

Options for maintaining fishery production in the United Arab Emirates due to climate change adaptation strategies

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