Evaluating the role of market-based instruments in protecting marine ecosystem services in wild-caught fisheries

Murphy, Erin L.; Bernard, Miranda; Gerber, Leah R.; Dooley, Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101356

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“…Our results may also guide similar efforts in other SIDS nations with equivalent dependencies on small-scale fisheries. Indeed, market-based conservation tools are currently poorly linked to metrics used to assess ecosystem services where such services are intuitively understandable from a human value perspective (Murphy et al, 2021).…”

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“…As such, any incentive system must be equitable, inclusive and avoid undermining, penalising or shaming certain fisher groups or gear types, particularly those without the financial capital to make behavioural and technological changes. If not implemented carefully, conservation policies can lead to unintended negative consequences such as supply chain shortages and increased pressure on sustainable fisheries, both of which are detrimental to local food security (Lewis et al, 2020;Murphy et al, 2021). Some fishers surveyed expressed concerns that a SSI programme would raise the prices of local species too high for local Seychellois, or that the programme would only benefit certain fisher types.…”

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Evaluating the Feasibility of Sustainable Seafood Labelling Programmes in Small Island Developing States: A Pilot Study of Artisanal Fisheries in Seychelles

Glass

Belle²,

Berke³

et al. 2022

Front. Mar. Sci.

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The Republic of Seychelles is one of six African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and has a marine-based economy reliant on fisheries and international tourism. Seychelles has been flagged by the United Nations as highly vulnerable to climate change. Climatic threats are compounded with population declines of key fishery species. A progressive national stance towards ocean sustainability and an emerging economy partially driven by tourists are two of several factors that make Seychelles a good candidate for a sustainable seafood labelling and consumption programme, which would provide market-based incentives for fishery harvesters, regulators, buyers and consumers to improve sustainable practices. To address the feasibility of such a programme, we conducted a pilot study, surveying 33 artisanal fishers and mapping supply chain structure to examine incentives and challenges. Questions addressed fishers’ years of experience, reliance on fishing for income, and flexibility in gear type and species targeted. Of the total number of respondents, 64% would like to see a programme implemented but only 34% thought it would be successful. Participants identified several barriers and benefits that primarily spanned socioeconomic and regulatory themes. Our pilot results indicate the sociocultural and economic impacts of sustainability programmes in Seychelles are as important as environmental considerations, a finding pertinent to anyone undertaking similar research efforts in other SIDS. We advocate for the necessity of thorough, location-based research and in-depth stakeholder consultation to elucidate economic, societal, behavioural and cultural factors that will affect the success of designing and implementing seafood labelling programmes in SIDS.

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Evaluating the Feasibility of Sustainable Seafood Labelling Programmes in Small Island Developing States: A Pilot Study of Artisanal Fisheries in Seychelles

Glass

Belle²,

Berke³

et al. 2022

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…Previous studies on the MSC and other fishery-specific certification schemes have shown, for instance, that the MSC supports an ecosystem approach [7], that evaluators do not interpret the MSC criteria in a consistent way [8], and that the MSC brings improvements in only certain aspects of ecosystem-based sustainability [9,10]. The MSC can reduce over-fishing but cannot totally prevent the certification of over-fished stocks [11].…”

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The Role of MSC Marine Certification in Fisheries Governance in Finland

Pappila

Tynkkynen

2022

Sustainability

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Finnish fisheries are regulated first and foremost by the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and quotas determined by the EU. Certain fisheries have also been certified according to the international Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard. The aim of this article is to study the added value that the MSC brings to the governance of the ecological sustainability of Finnish marine fisheries. This is achieved by scrutinizing how the MSC addresses the ecosystem approach and how different experts and stakeholders see the role of the MSC in contributing to sustainable fisheries. We endeavor to unravel the sustainability benefits that non-state regulations can offer for a fishery in the Baltic Sea that is heavily regulated and controlled by the EU. We found that the MSC has led to some minor positive changes in fishing and that the indirect support the MSC provides when following scientific advice is even more important.

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“…The first strand adopted a "nature view", focusing on the marine ecosystem itself. Related studies focused mainly on marine resource development and sustainable utilization (Jiang and Li, 2021), Control of carbon emissions from marine activities (Lu et al, 2023), marine ecological and environmental carrying capacity (Wang and Du, 2023), marine environmental resource value measurement (Du and Wang, 2021;Du and Cao, 2022;, ecosystem value (Murphy et al, 2021), marine ecosystem restoration (Xia et al, 2022), ocean ecological compensation mechanisms (Jiang et al, 2019), and comprehensive marine governance (Bakker, 2022;Gacutan et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2022). These works mainly focused on the unique biological resources and ecological environment characteristics, or on the current status of the ocean, and proposed effective solutions for the development of marine resources, the restoration of the marine ecological environment, and the comprehensive development and utilization of the ocean from a multidisciplinary perspective, including ecology, management, law, and economics.…”

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An analysis of the tripartite evolutionary game for building the ecological security barrier in the Bohai Sea under the threshold of land-sea integration

Luan,

Cao,

2024

Front. Mar. Sci.

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The construction of marine ecological security barriers (MESBs) is fundamental for the sustainable development of the marine ecological environment and of the marine economy, and is an important component of the strategy of land-sea integration. It is difficult to build an effective MESB simply by relying on the power of the government; therefore, to this respect, it is urgent to encourage the multiple participating subjects to work together. This study takes the Bohai Sea as the research object, and uses evolutionary game theory to construct a game model of decision-making behavior among marine enterprises, local governments, and the public in the process of construction of the MESB in the Bohai Sea, so as to explore the strategic stability equilibrium point through the analysis of the interests of the three decision makers, and lay the foundation for promoting this process. The results are as follows: (1) Local government regulation is key to promote the transformation of the Bohai Sea MESB from policy documents to behavior and from goal to practice; moreover, it directly influences whether the main sources of land-based pollution, i.e., marine enterprises, will abandon the traditional approach to production and development and actively promote the construction of the Bohai Sea MESB. (2) The supervision and reporting of the public can be used as a synergistic, auxiliary supervision means. Thanks to the government’s publicity and education, the public will develop social awareness of marine ecological security, which in turn will ensure a better public supervision of the behavior of local governments and, thus, promote the active participation of marine enterprises in the MESB in the Bohai Sea. (3) Participation costs, ecological benefits, corporate social image, fines, and other factors are the main factors considered in the strategic choice of marine enterprises, with different factors having different marginal effects at different stages. Finally, this study proposes effective measures to further clarify the roles and functions of the stakeholders in the construction of the MESB in the Bohai Sea, balance the interests of the game subjects, and provide an effective implementation path for the realization of the “Ocean Power”.

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Evaluating the role of market-based instruments in protecting marine ecosystem services in wild-caught fisheries

Cited by 12 publications

References 38 publications

Evaluating the Feasibility of Sustainable Seafood Labelling Programmes in Small Island Developing States: A Pilot Study of Artisanal Fisheries in Seychelles

Evaluating the Feasibility of Sustainable Seafood Labelling Programmes in Small Island Developing States: A Pilot Study of Artisanal Fisheries in Seychelles

The Role of MSC Marine Certification in Fisheries Governance in Finland

An analysis of the tripartite evolutionary game for building the ecological security barrier in the Bohai Sea under the threshold of land-sea integration

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