Co-management in Europe: Insights from the gooseneck barnacle fishery in Asturias, Spain

Rivera, Antonella; Gelcich, Stefan; García‐Flórez, Lucía; Alcázar, Jorge; Acuña, José Luis

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.011

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“…The system is being co-managed by the government agency Dirección General de Pesca Marítima del Principado de Asturias (DGPM) and the local fishers' associations. Seven management areas, known as plans, comprise the comanagement system: Tapia de Casariego-Figueras, Viavélez, Ortiguera, Puerto de Vega, Luarca, CudilleroOviñ ana and Cabo Peñ as (Rivera et al 2014 …”

Section: The Gooseneck Barnacle Fisherymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The use of new technologies mainly refers to wet suits and high-speed inflatable boats. Selectivity is defined as the harvest of high quality individuals whose market value is on average 51.95 euros kg -1 greater than low quality individuals (Rivera et al 2014). Diversification could be focused toward other species (marine-based) or toward work on land (land-based).…”

Section: Adaptive Capacity Of the Resource Usersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is considered a delicacy in the Iberian Peninsula, where it reaches prices up to 200 euros kg -1 (Rivera et al 2014). The Asturian gooseneck barnacle fishery (Fig.…”

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“…The Asturian gooseneck barnacle fishery (Fig. 1c) has been co-managed for the past 20 years, providing a wealth of empirical information on a complex social-ecological system in Europe (Rivera et al 2014). Despite its economic importance in the region, the resource was not commercialized in Asturias until the establishment of the comanagement system in 1994.…”

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“…Despite its economic importance in the region, the resource was not commercialized in Asturias until the establishment of the comanagement system in 1994. Currently, 189 Asturian fishers harvest nearly 45 000 kg year -1 of gooseneck barnacles (Rivera et al 2014), which represents an important share of the total fishery activity in Asturias (INDUROT et al 2010). This long-standing fishery has survived through three important changes: (1) the early implementation of the co-management system from 1994 to 2004, (2) a change in management practices after the 2004-2005 fishing season, prompted by a general perception of decreased resource abundance and a reduction in landings, and (3) an economic crisis which began impacting Spanish markets in 2008 (Fernandez-Villaverde and Ohanian 2010).…”

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Assessing the sustainability and adaptive capacity of the gooseneck barnacle co-management system in Asturias, N. Spain

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The gooseneck barnacle fishery in Asturias (N. Spain) has undergone three important changes: (1) the early implementation of a co-management system based on Territorial User Rights for Fishing, (2) a change in management measures (due to a decrease in landings), and (3) an economic crisis. This has allowed us to analyze the systems' sustainability in time through examining five critical variables: landings, effort, catch per unit effort (CPUE), mean market prices, and annual revenue. Additionally, we used focus groups and questionnaires to determine the response of the system to these three changes. Co-management has succeeded in maintaining or increasing CPUE throughout all management areas and produced stable mean market prices. This was achieved through flexible management policies and adaptive strategies adopted by the fishers, such as increased selectivity and diversification. The analysis of this fishery provides important lessons regarding the need to understand the evolutionary dynamics of co-management and the importance of embracing adaptive capacity.

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“…It is considered a delicacy in the Iberian Peninsula, where it reaches prices up to 200 euros kg -1 (Rivera et al 2014). The Asturian gooseneck barnacle fishery (Fig.…”

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Crossing Science–Policy–Societal Boundaries to Reduce Scientific and Institutional Uncertainty in Small-Scale Fisheries

Sutton

Rudd

2016

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The governance of small-scale fisheries (SSF) is challenging due to the uncertainty, complexity, and interconnectedness of social, political, ecological, and economical processes. Conventional SSF management has focused on a centralized and top-down approach. A major criticism of conventional management is the over-reliance on 'expert science' to guide decision-making and poor consideration of fishers' contextually rich knowledge. That is thought to exacerbate the already low governance potential of SSF. Integrating scientific knowledge with fishers' knowledge is increasingly popular and is often assumed to help reduce levels of biophysical and institutional uncertainties. Many projects aimed at encouraging knowledge integration have, however, been unsuccessful. Our objective in this research was to assess factors that influence knowledge integration and the uptake of integrated knowledge into policy-making. We report results from 54 semi-structured interviews with SSF researchers and practitioners from around the globe. Our analysis is framed in terms of scientific credibility, societal legitimacy, and policy saliency, and we discuss cases that have been partially or fully successful in reducing uncertainty via push-and-pull-oriented boundary crossing initiatives. Our findings suggest that two important factors affect the science-policy-societal boundary: a lack of consensus among stakeholders about what constitutes credible knowledge and institutional uncertainty resulting from shifting policies and leadership change. A lack of training for scientific leaders and an apparent 'shelf-life' for community organizations highlight the importance of ongoing institutional support for knowledge integration projects. Institutional support may be enhanced through such investments, such as capacity building and specialized platforms for knowledge integration.

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Influence of a changing wave climate on the quality and morphometry of the stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1789), along the coasts of NW Iberia

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Wave climate is shifting over the last decades along the Atlantic coasts of Europe ultimately driven by large-scale patterns of atmospheric variability forced by anthropogenic global warming. Changes in wave height and surf zone orbital currents are hypothesized to drive marked shifts in the shape of intertidal organisms such as the stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes, whose quality and market price are known to decrease non linearly with the peduncle length: width ratio S. This study evaluates wave trends in NW Iberian Peninsula, using the Spanish Port System 2006–2020 SIMAR wave hindcast. On the other hand, trends in stalked barnacle morphology and quality are estimated from 26 sites at the management regions of Baiona and A Guarda between 2011 and 2020. Results show evidence of temporal changes in barnacle quality and, especially, morphometry caused by simultaneous shifts in winter wave induced orbital currents. Because of the non linear relationship between S and the high quality threshold, large increases in S are usually translated to small reductions in quality. However, we identified a tipping point around S = 2.4 that if surpassed can lead to great drops in barnacle quality. In addition, changes in wave forcing will have different effects at each extraction site, as trends in wave climate are decoupled from barnacle morphometry at steeper sites sheltered from the predominant wave direction. In conclusion, this knowledge could be applied to develop site specific barnacle harvesting strategies based on annual wave climate forecasts. Graphical abstract

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Co-management in Europe: Insights from the gooseneck barnacle fishery in Asturias, Spain

Cited by 39 publications

References 29 publications

Assessing the sustainability and adaptive capacity of the gooseneck barnacle co-management system in Asturias, N. Spain

Assessing the sustainability and adaptive capacity of the gooseneck barnacle co-management system in Asturias, N. Spain

Crossing Science–Policy–Societal Boundaries to Reduce Scientific and Institutional Uncertainty in Small-Scale Fisheries

Influence of a changing wave climate on the quality and morphometry of the stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1789), along the coasts of NW Iberia

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