Regional dynamic co-management for sustainable fisheries and ecosystem conservation : a pilot analysis in the Catalan Sea
Druon, Jean-Noël (European Commission. Joint Research Centre (JRC))
Lloret, Josep (Uiversitat de Girona. Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica)
Sala-Coromina, Joan (Institut de Ciències del Mar)
Recasens, Laura (Institut de Ciències del Mar)
Gómez Mestres, Sílvia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural)
Fontán Bouzas, Laura (European Fisheries Control Agency (Vigo))
Guillen, Jordi (European Commission. Joint Research Centre (JRC))
Tudela, Sergi (Catalunya. Direcció General de Política Marítima i Pesca Sostenible)

Fecha:	2023
Resumen:	The complexity of coastal fisheries, which often involve many gears with crossimpacts on various species and life stages, requires a management system that is able to integrate these multiple interactions in order to gradually achieve sustainability. In this paper, we argue that regional co-management can appropriately address the complex interactions between fisheries, including those with other potentially conflicting human activities. Our results, notably obtained through a questionnaire to local fishers' representatives mainly on bottom trawl fisheries in the Catalan Sea region, show, however, that improved mutual understanding through effective communication and long-term collaboration between stakeholders, and in particular between fishers and scientists, is essential to ensure the successful implementation of fisheries comanagement. In addition to balancing the voices of the many stakeholders, comanagement needs to be further improved by developing multi-species, multigear and multi-use approaches to the oceans. This improvement could in turn support the effectiveness of co-decisions, as they would be based on the recognised administrative structure of co-management committees and sound scientific guidance that addresses both ecosystem protection and sustainable fisheries profitability. Dynamic management over time and space, using real-time essential fish habitat from operational oceanography, can help to make the comanagement process more robust by improving collaboration between stakeholders and the effectiveness of measures in a changing environment. The decision-making, social and ecological components are described as integral and dependent parts of the co-management system, with priority given to mutual understanding between stakeholders. This integrated comanagement framework is flexible enough to take into account regional complexity, but also national legislation and the EU Common Fisheries Policy, which all promote sustainable use of the oceans and protection of the ecosystem.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Regional fisheries co-management ; Co-decision ; Real-time fish habitat ; Spatiotemporal measures ; Stakeholder engagement ; Complex fisheries ; Mediterranean Sea ; Catalan Sea
Publicado en:	Frontiers in marine science, Vol. 10 (2023) , ISSN 2296-7745

DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1197878

13 p, 7.1 MB

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