Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Abstract Sharks are one of the most threatened marine animals, with fishing identified as the prime human activity responsible for population declines. The tropical eastern Pacific, a biogeographic region spanning the coastal areas from Mexico to Peru including the Colombian Pacific coast and the Ga...
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| author | Gustavo A. Castellanos‐Galindo Pilar Herrón Andrés F. Navia Hollie Booth |
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| description | Abstract Sharks are one of the most threatened marine animals, with fishing identified as the prime human activity responsible for population declines. The tropical eastern Pacific, a biogeographic region spanning the coastal areas from Mexico to Peru including the Colombian Pacific coast and the Galapagos archipelago, forms critical habitat and migratory routes for sharks and other marine megafauna. The Colombian government recently announced a total (blanket) ban on all forms of shark fishing in the country, including artisanal and industrial. Prohibiting shark fisheries in Colombia could drive fishing and trade under‐ground, fueling criminality, and marginalization. This will not only undermine recent efforts of local communities and researchers to manage small‐scale fisheries, but will criminalize a key source of income for a historically marginalized part of Colombian society. To be effective and ethical, this government decision needs to be rethought incorporating a more holistic management strategy consented among different stakeholder groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12e0071b36c2464ba3c570c7ec212afa2022-12-21T18:25:20ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542021-07-0137n/an/a10.1111/csp2.428Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific OceanGustavo A. Castellanos‐Galindo0Pilar Herrón1Andrés F. Navia2Hollie Booth3Resource Management working group Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) Bremen GermanyResource Management working group Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) Bremen GermanyFundación SQUALUS Cali ColombiaUniversity of Oxford Oxford UKAbstract Sharks are one of the most threatened marine animals, with fishing identified as the prime human activity responsible for population declines. The tropical eastern Pacific, a biogeographic region spanning the coastal areas from Mexico to Peru including the Colombian Pacific coast and the Galapagos archipelago, forms critical habitat and migratory routes for sharks and other marine megafauna. The Colombian government recently announced a total (blanket) ban on all forms of shark fishing in the country, including artisanal and industrial. Prohibiting shark fisheries in Colombia could drive fishing and trade under‐ground, fueling criminality, and marginalization. This will not only undermine recent efforts of local communities and researchers to manage small‐scale fisheries, but will criminalize a key source of income for a historically marginalized part of Colombian society. To be effective and ethical, this government decision needs to be rethought incorporating a more holistic management strategy consented among different stakeholder groups.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.428Colombian Pacific coastconservation interventionholistic fisheries managementmarine social‐ecological systemsshark fisheries |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo A. Castellanos‐Galindo Pilar Herrón Andrés F. Navia Hollie Booth Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific Ocean Conservation Science and Practice Colombian Pacific coast conservation intervention holistic fisheries management marine social‐ecological systems shark fisheries |
| title | Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific Ocean |
| title_full | Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific Ocean |
| title_fullStr | Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific Ocean |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific Ocean |
| title_short | Shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern Pacific Ocean |
| title_sort | shark conservation and blanket bans in the eastern pacific ocean |
| topic | Colombian Pacific coast conservation intervention holistic fisheries management marine social‐ecological systems shark fisheries |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.428 |
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