Is Europe ready for a results-based approach to fisheries management? The voice of stakeholders

Santiago, José L.; Ballesteros, Marta; Chapela, Rosa; Silva, Cristina; Nielsen, Kåre Nolde; Rangel, Mafalda; Erzini, Karim; Wise, Laura; Campos, Aida; Borges, Maria F.; Sala, Antonello; Virgili, Massimo; Viðarsson, Jónas R.; Baudron, Alan; Fernandes, Paul G.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2015.02.006

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“…; Santiago et al . ). Yet, we could also show in this study that the overall status of EU northeast Atlantic fish stocks has substantially improved over the period 2004–2013 (Table ; Fig ) and also that TAC setting is becoming increasingly in line with scientific advice (Table ; Fig ).…”

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A comparative review of fisheries management experiences in the European Union and in other countries worldwide: Iceland, Australia, and New Zealand

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A comparative review of fisheries management experiences in the European Union and in other countries worldwide: Iceland, Australia, and New Zealand

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“…Nevertheless, the implementation of management measures must take into account the response of fishers (Bellido et al 2011;Santiago et al 2015). For this purpose, dissemination of results among fishermen should now follow, although more tests in deeper areas should also be conducted.…”

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Flexible Turtle Excluder Device (TED): an effective tool for Mediterranean coastal multispecies bottom trawl fisheries

Lucchetti

Punzo

Virgili

2016

Aquat. Living Resour.

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-The effect of a flexible Turtle Excluder Device (TED) on the catching efficiency and performance of a commercial bottom trawl was tested in a gear comparison study for a Mediterranean coastal multispecies bottom trawl fishery. The device affected neither bottom trawl technical performances (horizontal and vertical net opening and door spread) nor did it increase the required towing force, hence fuel consumption remained constant. Comparison of commercial catches for the major species demonstrated that using the TED did not affect catching efficiency, while it reduced the amount of debris. The device did not influence the size of commercial species, leaving the selective performance of the trawl unmodified. Underwater video camera recordings documented that fish caught in the net swam through the grid and easily reached the cod-end, missing the TED escape opening. Easy storage and improved catch retention compared with previous devices tested in this area make the present flexible TED a practical and valuable solution to reduce turtle bycatch in coastal Mediterranean demersal multispecies fisheries.

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“…Over the past decade, social studies have explored the fishermen’s perspective in view of the design of innovative management approaches (Griffin, 2009; Lucchetti et al, 2014; Santiago et al, 2015). More recently, the bottom up-approach (fishermen’s perspective and stakeholder engagement) has also been applied in biological and ecological studies (Lewison et al, 2011; Kiszka, 2012; Nguyen et al, 2013) to examine several issues, including fisheries bycatch.…”

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An interview-based approach to assess sea turtle bycatch in Italian waters

Lucchetti

Vasapollo

Virgili

2017

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The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta, Linnaeus, 1758) is the most abundant sea turtle species in the Mediterranean Sea, where commercial fishing appears to be the main driver of mortality. So far, information on sea turtle bycatch in Italy is limited both in space and time due to logistical problems in data collected through onboard observations and on a limited number of vessels involved. In the present study, sea turtle bycatch in Italian waters was examined by collecting fishermen’s information on turtle bycatch through an interview-based approach. Their replies enabled the identification of bycatch hotspots in relation to area, season and to the main gear types. The most harmful fishing gears resulted to be trawl nets, showing the highest probabilities of turtle bycatch with a hotspot in the Adriatic Sea, followed by longlines in the Ionian Sea and in the Sicily Channel. Estimates obtained by the present results showed that more than 52,000 capture events and 10,000 deaths occurred in Italian waters in 2014, highlighting a more alarming scenario than earlier studies. The work shows that in case of poor data from other sources, direct questioning of fishermen and stakeholders could represent a useful and cost-effective approach capable of providing sufficient data to estimate annual bycatch rates and identify high-risk gear/location/season combinations.

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Is Europe ready for a results-based approach to fisheries management? The voice of stakeholders

Cited by 30 publications

References 48 publications

A comparative review of fisheries management experiences in the European Union and in other countries worldwide: Iceland, Australia, and New Zealand

A comparative review of fisheries management experiences in the European Union and in other countries worldwide: Iceland, Australia, and New Zealand

Flexible Turtle Excluder Device (TED): an effective tool for Mediterranean coastal multispecies bottom trawl fisheries

An interview-based approach to assess sea turtle bycatch in Italian waters

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