On the importance of clarity in scientific advice for fisheries management

Galland, Grantly R.; Nickson, Amanda; Hopkins, Rachel; Miller, Shana

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2017.10.029

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“…The political dimension of RFBs can be exacerbated where there is a high level of industry participation (including where industry members attend as delegates for member states) whereas civil society organisations generally have observer status [71]. The acceptance of best practice scientific advice in the face of economic interests has been problematic [55], with some RFBs following scientific advice 39% of the time or less [72]. While RFBs are addressing the wider domains of sustainability and biodiversity in management [73], the political pressures in shaping scientific advice to suit the agenda of members [74] or, as Axelrod notes, to maintain the status quo [75] is likely to be accentuated as fisheries are affected by climate change.…”

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Hot fish: The response to climate change by regional fisheries bodies

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This paper explores institutional responses from Regional Fisheries Bodies (RFBs) to climate change. Fisheries management is highly dependent on the stabilityof targeted fish populations. Oceanic changes occurring as a result of climate change will see continuing and potential irreversible deviations from the conditions of fisheries past. These changes present challenges to fisheries management at all scales-from local to internationalrelating to food security, sustainability, and ecological integrity. Areas of measurably warmer ocean, or 'hotspots', are a very clear indicator of direct climate change effects. RFBs with hotspots in their areas of competence were chosen for this study. Three levels of institutional engagement were developed: Awareness of climate change; Learning about climate change; Action taken by the institutions. While 94% of institutions demonstrated awareness of climate change and 82% demonstrated learning about climate change, only 41% demonstrated some form of action; and these were mainly procedural and administrative. Only two of the RFBs considered made explicit statements about incorporating climate change into future fishing management plans. The inference is that RFBs are largely practising business-as-usual, with the implication that many exploited fish populations will face additional survival pressure as the sea around them alters.

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Hot fish: The response to climate change by regional fisheries bodies

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“…An integration of broader knowledge of stakeholders such as scientists, fishing industry and partner and NGOs in policymaking will increase the salience, credibility and legitimacy of fisheries policies (e.g. Cash et al, ; Galland, Nickson, Hopkins, & Miller, ). Overall, the science and policymaker communities have been better bridged, and the co‐management approaches have yet taken shape in China, especially in those pilot programmes.…”

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“…An integration of broader knowledge of stakeholders such as scientists, fishing industry and partner and NGOs in policymaking will increase the salience, credibility and legitimacy of fisheries policies (e.g. Cash et al, 2002;Galland, Nickson, Hopkins, & Miller, 2018 3. The deficiencies in the fishing vessel audit system allow fishers and shipbuilders to falsely report the horsepower of the vessels.…”

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Evolution of marine fisheries management in China from 1949 to 2019: How did China get here and where does China go next?

Tang

Chang

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China is the world’s biggest fishing nation and a major player in the global seafood trade. Its fisheries development can decisively influence the global seafood trade, food security and marine conservation. In recent years, significant changes have taken place in China’s fisheries management priorities, policies and regulations. In this paper, we review the evolving fisheries management practices in China to delineate changes in the management policies, methods and their performances from 1949 to 2019. We determined that the following issues impede the development, implementation and enforcement of fisheries policies and regulations, namely the large size of the fishing fleet, large and poorly organized fisheries population, the “hidden” fishing capacity, uniform management approaches that sometimes fail to account for local conditions, lack of clearly defined and allocated fishing rights, limited data quality and availability, insufficient fisheries monitoring programmes, absence of a robust scientific input framework and insufficient stakeholder involvement. Combining those problems with China’s current management initiatives, we propose recommendations for China’s future fisheries reforms. We hope this paper can inform China’s marine fisheries policies and provide valuable references for further researches related to China’s sustainable fisheries management.

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“…The academic literature has burgeoned with scholarly lights being cast on various aspects of changing oceans and transboundary fisheries management. Some articles have focused on the factors important for effectively responding to shifting species and ecosystems, such as clarity in the provision of scientific advice (Galland et al 2018) and majority-based decision making within regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs; Pentz and Klenk 2017). One study has evaluated 12 RFMOs and their capacities to respond to climate change fluctuations in light of 28 factors, including adoption of precautionary and ecosystem approaches (Pentz et al 2018), while another study identified 17 factors influencing the performance of RFMOs more broadly (Haas et al 2020).…”

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