Scotland as a case study for how benefits of marine ecosystem services may contribute to the commercial fishing industry

Abstract

Highlights• The Scottish fishing industry depends upon a healthy flow of ecosystem services • Factors affecting ecosystem services for fishing are varied and challenging • Conservation and fisheries management must consider secondary benefits to fisheries • Part of Scotland's pledge to the UN SDGs can be met by better fisheries management • Fisheries should be considered in the context of several of the SDGs

Sustainable development goals and the strategic role of business: A systematic literature review

“…Finally, Table 15 displays all the papers related to topics discussed just in one paper each. Specifically, Brooker et al's (2018) study is about the SDGs' relevance in the fishing industry and focuses on Goal 14 (Life Below Water). Ferro, Padin, Høgevold, Svensson, and Sosa Varela (2019) analyze a business sustainability framework in connection to SDGs.…”

An evaluation of the social and economic impact of a Marine Protected Area on commercial fisheries

“…Whilst the objectives for MPAs are typically for conservation purposes, commercial fisheries are dependent on healthy functioning marine ecosystems (inside and outside MPAs), with many of the features of conservation interest (within MPAs) fundamental in supporting fish and shellfish during essential life history stages (Kritzer, DeLucia et al 2016, Stewart andHowarth 2016). A more realistic pathway to sustainability will rely on the identification of synergies between conservation goals and fisheries management (Gaines, Lester et al 2010, Brooker, Devenport et al 2018. Ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM) is proposed as a structured whole-of-system place-based planning process that uses adaptive management to provide opportunities to consider overarching management goals for the socialecological system (Levin, Essington et al 2018).…”