Changing the narrative on fisheries subsidies reform: Enabling transitions to achieve SDG 14.6 and beyond

Cisneros‐Montemayor, Andrés M.; Ota, Yoshitaka; Bailey, Megan; Hicks, Christina C.; Khan, Ahmed S.; Rogers, Anthony; Sumaila, U. Rashid; Virdin, John; He, Kevin K.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103970

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“…To help incentivize climate‐friendly fishing, managers might employ various strategies, such as communications campaigns (Merayo et al 2019), support for cooperative fisheries management (Hilborn 2004; Cota‐Nieto et al 2018), and direct financial transfers to fishers and their communities as they transition away from high‐carbon fishing (Cisneros‐Montemayor et al 2016; Merayo et al 2019). Managers might also consider removing “harmful” subsidies, which artificially decrease the price of fuel, as these tend to encourage unsustainable fishing practices (Sumaila and Pauly 2007; Sumaila et al 2010; Merayo et al 2019; Cisneros‐Montemayor et al 2020).…”

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“…While on the demand side, cheap fuel leads to distortions in seafood prices (Sumaila et al 2010; Merayo et al 2019), obscuring the costs of harvest and undermining consumers’ propensity to select for low‐carbon seafood products. Such subsidies give rise to a socially inefficient outcome, where fisheries are more vulnerable to overexploitation (Sumaila et al 2010; Merayo et al 2019; Cisneros‐Montemayor et al 2020), and likely increase fishery emissions on net.…”

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“…At the same time, it is important to understand that these harmful subsidies disproportionately fall to industrial fisheries (Cisneros‐Montemayor et al 2020), and holistic SSF management must account for the various socio‐economic benefits conferred by a particular subsidy or style of fishing. Our results suggest that shrimp landed by SSFs in Northwestern Mexico, for example, carry a high carbon footprint per kilogram of protein, but a much lower carbon footprint per peso (Table 3).…”

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Mexican Small‐Scale Fisheries Reveal New Insights into Low‐Carbon Seafood and “Climate‐Friendly” Fisheries Management

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As a society, we are confronted with the question of how best to feed an expanding human population, and some have pointed to seafood as a “climate‐friendly” option. To date, the contributions of small‐scale fisheries (SSFs) have been largely excluded from studies on food footprint. Here, we calculated the Emission Intensity profiles for seven seafood types generated by Mexican SSFs. Based on these results—which indicate that there exist several low‐carbon SSFs in Northwestern Mexico—we provide a coarse approximation for the total carbon footprint of Mexico’s motorized small‐scale fleet. Finally, we scrutinize the utility of non‐fuel data (such as GPS data) in predicting fuel consumption/carbon emissions across SSFs. To our knowledge, this is the first life‐cycle assessment to compare multiple seafood products generated by Mexican SSFs, and the first published link between tracking data and carbon accounting for SSFs specifically. We discuss how these results, in combination with insights gained from monitoring efforts in Northwestern Mexico, might be used to inform and incentivize “climate‐friendly” fisheries management. While carbon footprint represents just one component of sustainability, this article serves as a helpful case study for those preoccupied with carbon accounting and fishers sustainability in traditionally data‐limited scenarios.

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“…To help incentivize climate-friendly fi shing, managers might employ various strategies, such as communications campaigns (Merayo et al 2019 ), support for cooperative fi sheries management (Hilborn 2004 ;Cota-Nieto et al 2018 ), and direct fi nancial transfers to fi shers and their communities as they transition away from high-carbon fi shing (Cisneros-Montemayor et al 2016 ;Merayo et al 2019 ). Managers might also consider removing "harmful" subsidies, which artifi cially decrease the price of fuel, as these tend to encourage unsustainable fi shing practices (Sumaila and Pauly 2007 ;Sumaila et al 2010 ;Merayo et al 2019 ;Cisneros-Montemayor et al 2020 ).…”

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“…While on the demand side, cheap fuel leads to distortions in seafood prices (Sumaila et al 2010 ;Merayo et al 2019 ), obscuring the costs of harvest and undermining consumers' propensity to select for low-carbon seafood products. Such subsidies give rise to a socially ineffi cient outcome, where fi sheries are more vulnerable to overexploitation (Sumaila et al 2010 ;Merayo et al 2019 ;Cisneros-Montemayor et al 2020 ), and likely increase fi shery emissions on net.…”

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Fisheries Volume 46 Number 6 June 2021

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Predatory fish exploitation and relative abundance in a data‐poor region from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, inferred from artisanal fishery interview surveys and baited remote underwater video systems

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Artisanal fisheries are socially and economically important along the Caribbean coast of Colombia. These fisheries remain poorly characterized, making it difficult to estimate their potential impact, especially on non‐targeted catch such as elasmobranchs. A rapid assessment framework was used to investigate the exploitation, use, and relative abundance of elasmobranchs and predatory teleosts in a region along the Caribbean coast of Colombia. In‐person structured interview surveys (n = 188) were conducted during the autumn of 2016 at eight fishing towns around Cartagena and the islands of the Natural National Park (NNP) Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo. Baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) (n = 200) deployed at four reefs were used to assess the relative abundance of elasmobranchs and other predatory teleosts. Fishers reported capturing eight shark and five ray taxa. Although 99% of fishers indicated that they did not target sharks, 83% reported keeping the catches to sell, eat, or both. Similarly, 81% of fishers did not target rays, but 90% reported retaining catches. Most fishers (84%) perceived a decline of sharks in the coastal waters since they started fishing, compared with 41% reporting batoid declines. BRUVS data support the perceptions of elasmobranch declines. Elasmobranch abundances were very low and no difference was detected between protected and unprotected reefs. Results were similar for teleost taxa, but there were higher abundances inside one marine protected area (MPA) that had high enforcement. Taken together, the data suggest considerable degradation of not only elasmobranch populations but also predatory fish populations of coral reef habitats in a region of the Colombian Caribbean. Furthermore, artisanal fishers continue to exploit coral reef resources inside MPAs unless there is strong enforcement. Enforcement can be difficult with limited resources, and therefore community‐based conservation methods may be more effective. Engagement with the local fishing community may help to reduce existing tensions and improve compliance.

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Changing the narrative on fisheries subsidies reform: Enabling transitions to achieve SDG 14.6 and beyond

Cited by 34 publications

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Mexican Small‐Scale Fisheries Reveal New Insights into Low‐Carbon Seafood and “Climate‐Friendly” Fisheries Management

Mexican Small‐Scale Fisheries Reveal New Insights into Low‐Carbon Seafood and “Climate‐Friendly” Fisheries Management

Fisheries Volume 46 Number 6 June 2021

Predatory fish exploitation and relative abundance in a data‐poor region from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, inferred from artisanal fishery interview surveys and baited remote underwater video systems

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