Impacts of Climate Variability on Latin American Small-scale Fisheries

Defeo, Omar; Castrejón, Mauricio; Ortega, Leonardo; Kuhn, Angela; Gutiérrez, Nicolás; Castilla, Juan Carlos

doi:10.5751/es-05971-180430

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“…Defeo et al (2013) address some of the key impacts of climate change on marine social-ecological systems in LAC by using a case study approach. The authors point out that the data series used for the case studies analyzed confirms a dramatic impact of climate variability on the stocks and fisheries investigated.…”

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The role of cooperation for improved stewardship of marine social-ecological systems in Latin America

Villasante¹,

Österblom²

2015

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ABSTRACT. Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are among the worlds' richest in marine biodiversity. Fish stocks in these regions are important for fishing communities, and fishing activities engage several million people. These fisheries depend on the natural services provided by a diverse range of marine social-ecological systems, but many LAC fisheries are in a degraded state, and concerns about overexploitation are widespread. With most fishery resources fully exploited or overexploited, opportunities for development lie primarily in restoring depleted stocks and using stocks more efficiently. The papers published in the Special Feature "Cooperation, Local Communities, and Marine Social-Ecological Systems: New Findings from Latin America" present a range of experiences with ecosystem stewardship in the region and highlight promising perspectives for the future. The Special Feature consists of papers that deal with new findings from case studies which show how cooperation is key for building resilience in LAC fisheries. These case studies illustrate the effects of different types of cooperation and the roles of diverse stakeholders (fishers, scientists, environmental nongovernmental organizations, and national administrations, among others) in different countries of the region. Combined, these papers describe social processes, leadership, and institutional and organizational changes of relevance for stewardship of marine social-ecological systems in Latin America. The field of resilience research is still in an explorative phase in the region, and our ambition with this Special Feature is that the new discoveries presented may stimulate additional research in this field, including increased international cooperation with LAC scientists.RESUMEN. Los países de América Latina y El Caribe concentran una de las áreas de mayor biodiversidad marina del mundo. Las pesquerías comerciales en estas regiones aportan una elevada fuente de ingresos económicos para millones de personas. A pesar de que estas pesquerías dependen de los servicios ecosistémicos aportados por una gran variedad de sistemas marinos socio-ecológicos, gran parte de ellas continúan degradándose, y la preocupación por reducir la sobreexplotación está ampliamente extendida entre la comunidad científica. Con la mayoría de los stocks completamente explotados o sobreexplotados, las oportunidades para el desarrollo de las pesquerías dependen fundamentalmente en la recuperación de los stocks a través de su uso más racional. Los trabajos publicados en este monográfico "Cooperation, Local Communities, and Marine Social-Ecological Systems: New Findings from Latin America" presentan una variedad de experiencias e gestión pesquera en la región y resaltan perspectivas y resultados prometedores para el futuro de la región. El monográfico incluye trabajos muestran, desde diferentes disciplinas, enfoques y metodologías, que la cooperación resulta clave para la resiliencia de las pesquerías comerciales de América Latina y El Caribe. Estos casos de estudio ilu...

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The role of cooperation for improved stewardship of marine social-ecological systems in Latin America

Villasante¹,

Österblom²

2015

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“…Sumaila et al [12] addressed beneficial subsidies associated with investment in the natural capital of fisheries by reporting community development programs in rural fisheries, involving local communities/ livelihoods integrated into policy demands. Defeo et al [13] addressed the importance of the social-ecological systems of small-scale fisheries considering the effects of climate change, markets and governance: for example, they concluded that weak governance, market globalization, fishing pressure and climate change contributed to resource depletion in shellfisheries of Latin America. Lopes et al [14] have shown that marine protected areas did not visibly protect either fisheries or fishermen in fisheries from Paraty, SE Brazil.…”

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Small-scale Fisheries and Biodiversity: Alleviating Poverty and Conserving Natural Resources

Begossi¹

2013

J Marine Sci Res Dev

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“…The following example illustrates this bias vividly. In a recent paper on the effects of climate variability on fisheries, Defeo et al (2013) …”

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Limnoperna Fortunei

2015

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Biological Invasions represent one of those rare themes that cut across the disciplines of academic biology, while having profound environmental, philosophical, socioeconomic, and legislative implications at a global scale. There can be no doubt that biological invasions represent the single greatest threat to biodiversity past the activities of humankind itself. The implications are far reaching. Novel ecological and evolutionary forces are now directing the future expression of life itself, as native species and the communities that they comprise contend with invading species. The rules of the game have been suddenly and irrevocably changed.Invading Nature -Springer Series in Invasion Ecology is a new book series topically spanning the breadth of invasion biology. The series is of singular importance as an integrative venue focusing on the broader ecological and evolutionary issues arising from non-native species, the impacts such species have in particular environs, trends patterns and processes, as well as causes and correctives. The series seeks novel and synthetic approaches to invasions including experimental, theoretical, systematic and conceptual treatments

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Impacts of Climate Variability on Latin American Small-scale Fisheries

Cited by 88 publications

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The role of cooperation for improved stewardship of marine social-ecological systems in Latin America

The role of cooperation for improved stewardship of marine social-ecological systems in Latin America

Small-scale Fisheries and Biodiversity: Alleviating Poverty and Conserving Natural Resources

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