Exploring the Relationship between Fishing Regulations and Angler Compliance in Virginia

Spencer, M. Dylan; Green, Egan K.; Bolin, Riane M.

doi:10.1007/s12103-020-09576-8

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“…This suggests that carrier vessel operators may be aware of which ports are less compliant with rules and regulations, which is consistent with the findings above on PSMAs and compliance with RFMOs. Additionally, Spencer et al, (2021) found that anglers' knowledge of fishing regulations was positively correlated with likely regulatory compliance. While not explicitly observed, the opposite may also be true, that is, anglers (or, in the present case, shipping vessels) with increased regulatory knowledge select ports they know or suspect have fewer regulations and enforcement.…”

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“…Much has been written on interventions at the local, national, and international levels to combat IUU fishing practices that increase the risk and effort for potential offenders and reduce the rewards of illicit fishing consistent with situational crime prevention mechanisms (Spencer et al, 2021;Weekers et al, 2021;Marteache et al, 2020;Petrossian et al, 2015). With the transshipment problem at hand, several interventions can be implemented at the port-and national-levels, and at sea where transshipment activity occurs.…”

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confidence: 99%

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An empirical assessment of seaports as facilitators of FOC-flagged transshipment landings

Petrossian,

Pires,

Spencer

et al. 2024

Crime Sci

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Transshipment is one of the most common activities occurring between carriers and fishing vessels to exchange fish, as well as fuel, crew, and gear at sea or at port. While transshipment reduces the need for the fishing vessels to visit ports to offload their catches, thus increasing their efficiency, research has shown that this activity is also one of the major facilitators of IUU fishing. Research on transshipments is limited, and the few studies that are available on the subject focus on identifying hotspots of transshipment, and networks of actors involved. No study to date has examined the role ports play in facilitating transshipment activities, nor are there any studies that examine whether ports that are affiliated with China (the country with the highest IUU Fishing Index Score and 38% of the global share of distant-water fleets) are more likely to experience disproportionately higher volumes of FOC-flagged carrier vessel visits. Therefore, using the carrier vessel portal database from Global Fishing Watch, which contains information on the origin and destination ports of the carrier vessels involved in transshipment activities between 2015 and 2022, this research aims to (a) understand hot spots of FOC-flagged carrier vessel activity in the high seas and where such vessels offload their catches around the world; and (b) empirically test the characteristics of the ports (and the countries where these ports are located) used by these vessels to offload their catches. Findings suggest that ports that experience higher volumes of fishing vessel traffic, are in close proximity to high-seas transshipment activities involving FOC-flagged carriers, are designated ports of entry for foreign vessels, are Chinese-affiliated, as well as have low monitoring, control, and surveillance capacity are significantly more likely to be visited by FOC-flagged high-risk carrier vessels. This research proposes policy recommendations deriving from the findings of this research.

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An empirical assessment of seaports as facilitators of FOC-flagged transshipment landings

Petrossian,

Pires,

Spencer

et al. 2024

Crime Sci

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“…The survey was active for completion from November 5, 2021, to December 17, 2021. Like other recent online surveys of this kind (for example, see Spencer et al, 2021), much of the survey was original and designed to capture the variables of interest for this study. Subject matter experts within the relevant government departments determined that the survey questionnaire adequately captured the data of interest.…”

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Perceptions of compliance in recreational fisheries: Case study of the Peel-Harvey blue swimmer crab fishery

Lindley

Quinn

2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Effective recreational fisheries management requires a balance between fisher enjoyment and compliance with regulations and fisher perceptions can be useful to understand whether the balance is right. Our study collected fisher insights via an online perceptions survey into compliance within the recreational shore-based Peel-Harvey blue swimmer crab fishery in Western Australia. Overwhelmingly, participants self-reported as complying with regulations; a positive finding for a licence-free fishery. Further, to enable increased quantity and size of available stock and thus overall enjoyment of the fishery, survey participants suggested longer fishery closure periods; harsher noncompliance penalties; more natural and physical surveillance; and greater educational signage in popular fishing areas. These insights challenge existing literature whereby tough regulations are often rejected by fishers and may lead to noncompliance. In a view to achieve a shared goal of a sustainable fishery, we explore survey perceptions against situational crime prevention to optimize compliance, embracing regulator-led ‘cooperative compliance’ outcomes. Our results are useful not only to this fishery but apply more broadly to other fisheries within and beyond Western Australia.

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“…Laws specifically aimed at protecting the environment are intended to promote sustainability by eradicating anti-environmental behavior while encouraging the acquisition of alternative sustainable behaviors. Therefore, in order to promote sustainability, it is crucial to analyze the psychosocial processes that influence compliance, and not only the compliance with these laws [5][6][7][8], but also their effective implementation [9,10]. Research on law enforcement has focused almost exclusively on urban crime and the behavior of police officers.…”

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Conservation Officers’ Perceptions of Their Working Conditions and Their Enforcement of Environmental Law in a Territory of High Environmental Protection

Martín,

Rosales,

Hernández

2023

Sustainability

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Environmental protection laws are useful tools for promoting sustainability by eradicating anti-environmental behavior while encouraging alternative sustainable behaviors. However, the achievement of these goals relies on the psychosocial processes underlying the behaviors of the people in charge of the enforcement of these laws. Conservation officers play a central role in the enforcement of these laws, but their intervention behavior has not been assessed in relation to their perceptions of their working conditions. To fill this gap, a questionnaire was developed and administered to 128 conservation officers from four public authorities responsible for enforcing environmental law in a territory with a high level of legal environmental protection. The main results show that the participants have similarities and differences with conservation officers from other territories in their perception of their working conditions. Likewise, it was found that self-efficacy and satisfaction influence their intervention behavior, both directly and through their goals. The role of descriptive social norms as well as the relation of collective efficacy and self-efficacy and satisfaction were also revealed. Policy implications of these findings involve the need to improve communication between prosecutors, judges and conservation officers, as well as the enhancement of conservation officers’ collective efficacy, self-efficacy and skills used to educate people in avoiding damaging the environment and collaborating in its protection.

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Exploring the Relationship between Fishing Regulations and Angler Compliance in Virginia

Cited by 5 publications

References 45 publications

An empirical assessment of seaports as facilitators of FOC-flagged transshipment landings

An empirical assessment of seaports as facilitators of FOC-flagged transshipment landings

Perceptions of compliance in recreational fisheries: Case study of the Peel-Harvey blue swimmer crab fishery

Conservation Officers’ Perceptions of Their Working Conditions and Their Enforcement of Environmental Law in a Territory of High Environmental Protection

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