Ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the northern Benguela: the Namibian experience

Roux, Jean‐Paul; Shannon, Lynne J.

doi:10.2989/18142320409504051

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“…It is possible that biased reporting of catches and efforts played a major role in the decline of hake stocks in Namibian waters (Roux and Shannon 2004), since the foreign fishing effort in the southeast Atlantic remained essentially unregulated until 1972. Although the International Commission for South East Atlantic Fisheries (ICSEAF) was formed in 1969, its first working session was not held until April 1972.…”

Section: Distant Water Fleetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As with hake, so with horse mackerel: reported catches, which had been low in the 1960s, increased in the 1970s and peaked in the 1980s at almost 600,000 tonnes. Since the early 1990s, even after Namibian independence, catch rates have steadily decreased to an average of 300,000 tonnes per year at present, mainly due to lower fish abundances (Roux and Shannon 2004).…”

Section: Distant Water Fleetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The northern Benguela marine ecosystem off the inhospitable hyperarid coastline of Namibia has experienced large-scale foreign exploitation since the 18th century (Moorsom 1984, Roux andShannon 2004). Indiscriminate whaling and sealing activities by North American and European vessels since then have resulted in the rapid depletion of marine mammal populations.…”

Section: Early Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As early as the 19th century, the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) and Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) populations were declining; by the early 20th century, the local breeding population of southern right whales had been eradicated, and Cape fur seal breeding populations had disappeared from many locations. With the decline of seals, economic exploitation shifted to guano, and the subsequent disturbance of seabird colonies in pursuit of what became the overextraction of that resource, led to the severe depletion of seabird populations by the end of the 19th century (Roux and Shannon 2004).…”

Section: Early Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, the ICSEAF was essentially "an open-ended club of foreign states whose trawlers exploit Namibia's offshore waters" (Moorsom 1984). Its attempts to implement management measures, such as minimum mesh size (1975) and total allowable catches (TACs) (1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989), failed (Roux and Shannon 2004).…”

Section: Distant Water Fleetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Short History of the Namibian Hake Fishery—a Social-Ecological Analysis

Paterson¹,

Kirchner²,

Ommer³

2013

E&S

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ABSTRACT. As a legacy of Namibia's colonial past, the country inherited severely depleted fish resources at the time of independence. Today, Namibia's fisheries are almost exclusively industrial. The hake fishery is the country's most important fishery, which was restructured from a pre-independence foreign fishery into one that is characterized by locally based, vertically integrated fishing and processing companies. It is widely believed that Namibia has successfully combined the neoliberal economics that have been characteristic of the development narratives since the 1980s with welfarist goals for poverty reduction. However, there are strong indications that the fish stocks are declining, while the high economic expectations for the fishery have not been fulfilled. Rather, it seems that the Namibian government's attempt to combine economic neoliberalism and social equity has, in fact, created a developmental dilemma. We track the environmental impact of the historic exploitation of Namibia's fish resources and examine this dilemma and its effects on Namibia's fisheries management.

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Section: Distant Water Fleetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Distant Water Fleetsmentioning

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Section: Early Historymentioning

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Section: Distant Water Fleetsmentioning

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A Short History of the Namibian Hake Fishery—a Social-Ecological Analysis

Paterson¹,

Kirchner²,

Ommer³

2013

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Biology and fisheries of the shallow‐water hake ( Merluccius capensis ) and the deep‐water hake ( Merluccius paradoxus ) in Namibia

Wilhelm

Kirchner²,

Roux

et al. 2015

Hakes

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Habitat selection by female Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus)

Arnould

Kirkwood

2007

Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst.

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ABSTRACT1. Numerous studies have determined the foraging areas of marine apex predators and investigated their relationship to oceanographic features. Most of these, however, have concentrated on surface-feeding seabirds or epipelagic-foraging marine mammals and there is little information on habitat selection in benthic divers.2. Satellite telemetry was used during the winters of 2001-2003 to determine the foraging areas of 48 female Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) from four breeding sites in northern Bass Strait whose colonies together represent >80% of the total species population.3. All individuals foraged over the shallow continental shelf of Bass Strait supporting earlier studies that suggested the species is an exclusively benthic forager. Individual females showed a high degree of foraging site-fidelity and several foraging 'hot spot' areas could be identified.4. Analysis of habitat use indicated that individuals selected areas with depths of 60-80 m significantly more (l ¼ 0:216; P50.001) than any other bathymetric class. There was also evidence for foraging areas being influenced by SST, with individuals selecting regions of 16.0-16.88C SST (l ¼ 0:008; P50.01), but not surface chlorophyll-a concentration (P>0.05).5. Temporal analysis of at-sea movements indicated, due to their primarily benthic foraging mode, the areas frequented by female Australian fur seals did not overlap substantially with areas targeted by commercial fisheries. An exception to this was in far eastern Bass Strait where the Otter Trawl component of the Commonwealth Trawl Sector is highly active over the continental shelf and encompasses the areas frequented by females from The Skerries colony.

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Ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the northern Benguela: the Namibian experience

Cited by 49 publications

References 28 publications

A Short History of the Namibian Hake Fishery—a Social-Ecological Analysis

A Short History of the Namibian Hake Fishery—a Social-Ecological Analysis

Biology and fisheries of the shallow‐water hake ( Merluccius capensis ) and the deep‐water hake ( Merluccius paradoxus ) in Namibia

Habitat selection by female Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus)

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Ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the northern Benguela: the Namibian experience

Cited by 49 publications

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A Short History of the Namibian Hake Fishery&#8212;a Social-Ecological Analysis

A Short History of the Namibian Hake Fishery&#8212;a Social-Ecological Analysis

Biology and fisheries of the shallow‐water hake ( Merluccius capensis ) and the deep‐water hake ( Merluccius paradoxus ) in Namibia

Habitat selection by female Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus)

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A Short History of the Namibian Hake Fishery—a Social-Ecological Analysis

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