On super fishers and black capture: Images of illegal fishing in artisanal fisheries of southern Chile

Nahuelhual, Laura; Saavedra, Gonzalo; Blanco, Gustavo; Wesselink, E.; Campos, Guilherme; Vergara, Ximena

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2018.06.020

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“…As industrial landing declined, artisanal fisheries increased in relative importance, currently accounting for as much as 57% of the total catch (excluding aquaculture) (SERNAPESCA, 2016). However, signs of intensive effort and illegal catch in artisanal fisheries in Chile are becoming evident (Andreu-Cazenave et al, 2017;Nahuelhual et al, 2018;Oyanedel et al, 2018).…”

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Evidence of illegal catch in the benthic artisanal fisheries of central Chile: patterns across species and management regimes

Fernández

Kriegl²,

Garmendia³

et al. 2020

Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res.

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Non-compliance with fishing regulations is a widespread phenomenon in fisheries worldwide, jeopardizing the recovery of stocks and ecosystem services. There is an urgent need to fill the gaps in our understanding of the scale and nature of illegal fishing in artisanal fisheries, balancing the advances made in industrial fisheries. We explored patterns of fisher compliance with the existing minimum legal size (MLS) regulation in the small-scale benthic fisheries of central Chile. We focus on two of the most conspicuous species (loco Concholepas concholepas and keyhole limpets Fissurella spp.) and comparing two management regimes: management areas (MAs; local name for territorial use rights for fisheries) and open access areas (OAAs; no spatial entry restrictions). We also evaluated the effect of the spatial distribution of MAs, which determines the availability of OAAs on compliance. For both species, we measured the size of individuals in the catch in two consecutive years. We developed an index that accounts for the availability of open access areas per fisher. We found that a) the number of undersized individuals in the catch in OAAs is enormous, b) management regime influences both the median size and fraction of the undersized catch, and c) as the availability of OAAs per fisher decreases, illegal fishing increases, demonstrating the need to manage the levels of effort displacement in designing area-based instruments for management and conservation. Our findings also highlight the need to a) analyze the benefits of area-based instruments at the seascape scale, and b) develop and adapt instruments to prevent illegal fishing.

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Evidence of illegal catch in the benthic artisanal fisheries of central Chile: patterns across species and management regimes

Fernández

Kriegl²,

Garmendia³

et al. 2020

Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res.

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“…In general, illegal fishing is a problem that continues to increase worldwide and it is difficult to estimate accurately [ 132 ]. It is distributed in a complex network of relationships, practices, and actors embedded in a geographical and cultural context [ 133 ]. And the poaching risk has been better predicted when drivers related to fishers’ spatial preference (i.e accessibility and attractiveness) interacted with fishing capacity [ 119 ].…”

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Integrating human and ecological dimensions: The importance of stakeholders’ perceptions and participation on the performance of fisheries co-management in Chile

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Increasing attention is paid to the interdependence between the ecological and human dimensions to improve the management of natural resources. Understanding how artisanal fishers see and use the common-pool resources in a co-management system may hold the clue to establishing effective coastal fisheries policies or strengthening existing ones. A more comprehensive planning of the system will also have a bearing on how to reduce conflicts and strengthen social networks. We surveyed artisanal fishers and decision-makers to determine their perceptions about the Management and Exploitation Areas of Benthic Resources (known as MEABR) in Chile’s Biobio region. We performed a field study from November 2018 to August 2019, applying a set of questionnaires to determine the ecological and human attributes that contribute to MEABR outcomes, and then constructed composite scores for those attributes according to a multidimensional scaling technique (“Rapfish”). We find that fishers have different perspectives: surprisingly, women highlighted that the institutional dimension was the most influential on MEABR performance, whereas men highlighted the ecological and economic outcomes. The decision-makers’ role in the MEABR system was considered adequate, but communication and socialization of regulations were irregular. Results also showed that fishers expressed dissatisfaction with illegal fishing practices (poaching), productivity, profits, and conflicts inside and outside the MEABRs. Our study allowed us to better understand how the MEABR has developed in the region. We recommend strengthening local management strategies with particular attention paid to networking among stakeholders, including gender inclusive relationships.

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“…In fact, illegal fishing of Chilean SSF has been termed as a wicked problem by Nahuelhual et al [43], as it is characterised by its complexity, uncertainty and interdependence of factors. Therefore, a multi-dimensional assessment, such as the one presented here, is necessary to address the illegal fishing of benthic resources in Chile.…”

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Disentangling the socio-ecological drivers behind illegal fishing in a small-scale fishery managed by a TURF system

de Juan,

Subida,

Ospina-Alvarez

et al. 2020

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On super fishers and black capture: Images of illegal fishing in artisanal fisheries of southern Chile

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

Evidence of illegal catch in the benthic artisanal fisheries of central Chile: patterns across species and management regimes

Evidence of illegal catch in the benthic artisanal fisheries of central Chile: patterns across species and management regimes

Integrating human and ecological dimensions: The importance of stakeholders’ perceptions and participation on the performance of fisheries co-management in Chile

Disentangling the socio-ecological drivers behind illegal fishing in a small-scale fishery managed by a TURF system

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