Positive Catch &amp; Economic Benefits of Periodic Octopus Fishery Closures: Do Effective, Narrowly Targeted Actions ‘Catalyze’ Broader Management?

Oliver, Thomas; Oleson, Kirsten L.L.; Ratsimbazafy, Hajaniaina Andrianavalonarivo; Raberinary, Daniel; Benbow, Sophie; Harris, Anna

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129075

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“…For example, most marine managed areas in Madagascar and Mozambique are funded by either large or private international donors, trusts, and nongovernment conservation and poverty alleviation organizations—forms of polycentric governance (Oliver et al. ; Gill et al. ).…”

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Conservation needs exposed by variability in common‐pool governance principles

McClanahan

Abunge²

2019

Conservation Biology

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Common‐pool governance principles are becoming increasingly important tools for natural resource management with communities and comanagement arrangements. Effectiveness of these principles depends on variability in agreements, trust, and adherence to institutional norms. We evaluated heterogeneity in governance principles by asking 449 people in 30 fishing communities in 4 East African countries to rate their effectiveness. The influences of individuals, their membership and role in stakeholder community groups, leadership, community, and country were tested. The membership and role of people were not the main influence on their perceptions of the effectiveness of governance principles. Therefore, drawing conclusions about the effectiveness of specific principles would be difficult to make independent of the individuals asked. More critical were individuals’ nationalities and their associations with the shared perceptions of a response‐group's effectiveness of each principle. Perceptions of effectiveness differed strongly by country, and respondents from poor nations (Madagascar and Mozambique) were more cohesiveness but had fewer and weaker between‐community conflict‐resolution mechanisms. Overall, group identity, group autonomy, decision‐making process, and conflict resolution principles were perceived to be most effective and likely to be enforced by repeated low‐cost intragroup activities. Graduated sanctions, cost–benefit sharing, and monitoring resource users, fisheries, and ecology were the least scaled principles and less affordable via local control. We suggest these 2 groups of principles form independently and, as economies develop and natural resources become limiting, sustainability increasingly depends on the later principles. Therefore, management effectiveness in resource‐limited situations depends on distributing power, skills, and costs beyond fishing communities to insure conservation needs are met.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conservation needs exposed by variability in common‐pool governance principles

McClanahan

Abunge²

2019

Conservation Biology

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“…We recognize that there are numerous examples of positive marine conservation initiatives that incorporate participatory planning processes [34][35][36][37], that have taken into account social and cultural considerations [38,39], that consider livelihoods and are co-managed [40][41][42][43], that recognize local and indigenous community initiatives to conserve local resources [25,35,44], and that have produced positive social outcomes to the benefit of natural resource management efforts [45][46][47][48]. Furthermore, generally speaking, there is good will within the international community to consider the concerns and needs of people when designing conservation actions.…”

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An appeal for a code of conduct for marine conservation

Bennett¹,

Teh²,

Ota³

et al. 2018

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A B S T R A C TMarine conservation actions are promoted to conserve natural values and support human wellbeing. Yet the quality of governance processes and the social consequences of some marine conservation initiatives have been the subject of critique and even human rights complaints. These types of governance and social issues may jeopardize the legitimacy of, support for and long-term effectiveness of marine conservation. Thus, we argue that a clearly articulated and comprehensive set of social standards -a code of conduct -is needed to guide marine conservation. In this paper, we draw on the results of an expert meeting and scoping review to present key principles that might be taken into account in a code of conduct, to propose a draft set of foundational elements for inclusion in a code of conduct, to discuss the benefits and challenges of such a document, and to propose next steps to develop and facilitate the uptake of a broadly applicable code of conduct within the marine conservation community. The objectives of developing such a code of conduct are to promote fair conservation governance and decision-making, socially just conservation actions and outcomes, and accountable conservation practihttp://dx

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“…In the marine case study of the Velondriake Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) in Madagascar, the short lifespan and reproductive patterns of the target species, the reef octopus ( Octopus cyanea ), favours management in periodic closures, or temporary bans on harvesting in a designated area (Table ). Given the 12‐to‐15‐month post‐settlement lifespan of the octopus, brief closures of 2–3 months can boost daily fisher catch by almost 90% in the month after reopening (Oliver et al, ). MPAs and FPAs could exchange strategies based on the management of short‐lived or long‐lived species, as life history determines the time scale of expected responses to protection, and should inform the timing of long‐term monitoring.…”

Section: Theme 1: Ecological Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The changes were made, and the resulting revision enhanced the legitimacy of the zoning plan among local stakeholders. This experience highlighted the pre‐eminence of community attitudes and perceptions over biophysical considerations in developing a zoning plan, emphasizing the need to consult local stakeholders from the beginning (Cripps & Harris, ; Harris, ; Oliver et al, ). In the freshwater case studies from Lao PDR and Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar (Table ), the facilitating organizations held consultation meetings with communities to seek stakeholder input and approval (Loury & Ounboundisane, ).…”

Section: Theme 2: Design and Establishment Approachesmentioning

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“…To sustain motivation over the long term, it is also important that communities recognize benefits from management. In a marine example from the Velondriake LMMA in Madagascar, initial attempts by the government to establish conservation activities were unsuccessful because the highly impoverished community perceived the short‐term costs of marine protection (loss of a primary food source and income) to outweigh the future benefits (Oliver et al, ). However, the introduction of short‐term reef closures rapidly boosted fisher catches and incomes from Octopus cyanea , demonstrating the benefits of local management.…”

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Salty stories, fresh spaces: Lessons for aquatic protected areas from marine and freshwater experiences

Loury

Ainsley

Bower

et al. 2017

Aquatic Conservation

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Marine protected areas (MPAs) and freshwater protected areas (FPAs), collectively aquatic protected areas (APAs), share many commonalities in their design, establishment, and management, suggesting great potential for sharing lessons learned. However, surprisingly little has been exchanged to date, and both realms of inquiry and practice have progressed mostly independent of each other. This paper builds on a session held at the 7th World Fisheries Congress in Busan, South Korea, in May 2016, which explored crossover lessons between marine and freshwater realms, and included case studies of four MPAs and five FPAs (or clusters of FPAs) from nine countries. This review uses the case studies to explore similarities, differences, and transferrable lessons between MPAs and FPAs under five themes: (1) ecological system; (2) establishment approaches; (3) effectiveness monitoring; (4) sustaining APAs; and (5) challenges and external threats. Ecological differences between marine and freshwater environments may necessitate different approaches for collecting species and habitat data to inform APA design, establishment and monitoring, but once collected, similar spatial ecological tools can be applied in both realms. In contrast, many similarities exist in the human dimension of both MPA and FPA establishment and management, highlighting clear opportunities for exchanging lessons related to stakeholder engagement and support, and for using similar socio‐economic and governance assessment methods to address data gaps in both realms. Regions that implement MPAs and FPAs could work together to address shared challenges, such as developing mechanisms for diversified and sustained funding, and employing integrated coastal/watershed management to address system‐level threats. Collaboration across realms could facilitate conservation of diadromous species in both marine and freshwater habitats. Continued exchange and increased collaboration would benefit both realms, and may be facilitated by defining shared terminology, holding cross‐disciplinary conferences or sessions, publishing inclusive papers, and proposing joint projects.

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Positive Catch & Economic Benefits of Periodic Octopus Fishery Closures: Do Effective, Narrowly Targeted Actions ‘Catalyze’ Broader Management?

Cited by 64 publications

References 62 publications

Conservation needs exposed by variability in common‐pool governance principles

Conservation needs exposed by variability in common‐pool governance principles

An appeal for a code of conduct for marine conservation

Salty stories, fresh spaces: Lessons for aquatic protected areas from marine and freshwater experiences

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