Participatory fishery monitoring is successful for understanding the reproductive biology needed for local fisheries management

Schemmel, Eva; Friedlander, Alan M.

doi:10.1007/s10641-016-0566-x

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“…These fisheries employ 96% of fishers and make up to 32% of global catches (Jacquet & Pauly, ), highlighting their importance as a means of livelihood for coastal communities (Béné, ). In some places, strong local leadership and a long fishery tradition have played a central role in promoting the success of artisanal fisheries management programs (Gutiérrez, Hilborn, & Defeo, ; Sutton & Rudd, ), such as in the community of Punta Abreojos in Baja California Sur, Mexico (Cota‐Nieto et al., ), or the Hawaiian Archipelago (Schemmel & Friedlander, ). In many other locations, however, current management and governance of artisanal fisheries tend to be weak, leading to the overexploitation of marine resources and the degradations of coastal ecosystems (Costello et al., ; Freire & García‐Allut, ; Sala, Aburto‐oropeza, Reza, Paredes, & López‐Lemus, ).…”

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Managing at Maximum Sustainable Yield does not ensure economic well‐being for artisanal fishers

Girón‐Nava

Johnson²,

Cisneros‐Montemayor

et al. 2018

Fish and Fisheries

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Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) is a common target for fisheries aiming to achieve long‐term ecological sustainability. Although achieving MSY may ensure the long‐term sustainability of fish populations, we ask whether it will provide economic security for fishers. Here we use 16 years of daily landing records to estimate potential catches and revenues per capita if fisheries were exploited at MSY in 11 subregions across Mexico. We then compare fishers’ estimated revenues per capita against national poverty limits at the household level. Our results show that even if MSY is reached in artisanal fisheries, the overcapacity of fleets and the dissipation of rents threatens the economic well‐being of fishers and their families, pushing revenues per capita below poverty levels. Our work demonstrates the importance of resolving the trade‐offs between achieving economic, social and environmental objectives when managing for the long‐term sustainable use of natural resources.

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Managing at Maximum Sustainable Yield does not ensure economic well‐being for artisanal fishers

Girón‐Nava

Johnson²,

Cisneros‐Montemayor

et al. 2018

Fish and Fisheries

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“…Thus, critical areas for herbivores during spawning and nursery stages, as well as feeding and sheltering, should also be prioritized for protection within a network of HMAs. For example, spawning aggregations of Acanthurus nigrorus have been observed in large boulder habitat 7-10 m deep near a steep (25-30 m) dropoff (Schemmel and Friedlander, 2017), and larval surgeonfishes (e.g., Acanthurus triostegus) are known to leave the pelagic stage and enter very shallow water in Hawai'i, often in tide pools where they grow to juvenile size in these shallow-water refugia (Randall, 1961).…”

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Building Coral Reef Resilience Through Spatial Herbivore Management

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Coral reef managers currently face the challenge of mitigating global stressors by enhancing local ecological resilience in a changing climate. Effective herbivore management is one tool that managers can use in order to maintain resilience in the midst of severe and frequent bleaching events. One recommended approach is to establish networks of herbivore management areas (HMAs), which prohibit the take of herbivorous reef fishes. However, there is a need to develop design principles to guide planning and implementation of these HMAs as a resilience-building tool. We refine available guidance from fully protected marine protected area (MPA) networks and developed a set of 11 biophysical design principles specifically for HMAs. We then provide a case study of how to apply these principles using the main Hawaiian Islands. We address site-specific considerations in terms of protecting habitats, including ecologically critical areas, incorporating connectivity, and addressing climate and local threats. This synthesis integrates core marine spatial planning concepts with resiliencebased management and provides actionable guidance on the design of HMAs. When combined with social considerations, these principles will support spatial planning in Hawai'i and could guide the future design of HMA networks globally.

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“…First, the DAR and the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) are underfunded, understaffed, and fisheries have declined under Hawaiʻi fishing regulations (Friedlander and DeMartini 2002, Williams et al 2008, Page et al 2013, Montgomery and Vaughan 2018. Second, these regulations are poorly tailored to local social and ecological conditions (Schemmel and Friedlander 2017), and are often underenforced, leading to de facto open access in many areas (Friedlander et al 2013, Ayers et al 2017. Third, many communities are concerned about declining resource health and are motivated by a desire to restore local care in decision making.…”

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“…Although evidence reveals declines in resource productivity from ancient Hawaiʻi to present day (Kittinger et al 2011), there is a prevailing notion among many Hawaiian communities that aspects of customary marine tenure can be still be effective. Examples include placebased rules based on customary practices and values, or using the Hawaiian lunar calendar to limit harvest during spawning periods (Poepoe et al 2007, Schemmel andFriedlander 2017). Local monitoring and educational programs can help build awareness and change perceptions over time and are needed to sustain decades-long comanagement transitions faced by Hawaiʻi communities.…”

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Whose right to manage? Distribution of property rights affects equity and power dynamics in comanagement

Ayers¹,

Kittinger²,

Vaughan³

2018

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Rights-based management approaches are being increasingly applied to global fisheries as an alternative to deficiencies associated with centralized or top-down management. In fisheries, these approaches may include a diversity of methods such as catch shares, territorial user rights for fishing, individual transferable quotas, fisheries concessions, cooperatives, and comanagement. Many of these approaches are being implemented in small-scale fisheries contexts, without full consideration of how the legacy of previous governing institutions or tenure arrangements may affect implementation. Likewise, few case studies examine whether rights-based management approaches are appropriate for given contexts, examine how they fit within a nested administrative hierarchy, or describe their shared property rights components in practice. These knowledge gaps may obscure key stewardship incentives, veil existing power relations, and constrain opportunities for different management models while also prolonging or preventing governance transformations. We illustrate the importance of these factors through a case study of institutional change in coral reef fisheries in Hawaiʻi. We use institutional analysis to examine coral reef fisheries management across two time periods: historical marine tenure in the Hawaiian Kingdom (1810-1893) and under contemporary centralized management (1982-2018). We then compared these management regimes to emerging comanagement in Hawaiʻi (1994-2018). Our analysis reveals that few rights are actually devolved to communities seeking to implement comanagement. We also highlight considerable administrative complexity and variability within historical marine tenure regimes. We conclude by considering several issues relevant to the performance of rights-based approaches such as comanagement, including devolution of property rights to the local level, matching administrative and social-ecological complexity, the importance of historical context and narratives in shaping solutions, and the perceived legitimacy of governance arrangements.

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Participatory fishery monitoring is successful for understanding the reproductive biology needed for local fisheries management

Cited by 21 publications

References 51 publications

Managing at Maximum Sustainable Yield does not ensure economic well‐being for artisanal fishers

Managing at Maximum Sustainable Yield does not ensure economic well‐being for artisanal fishers

Building Coral Reef Resilience Through Spatial Herbivore Management

Whose right to manage? Distribution of property rights affects equity and power dynamics in comanagement

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