Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world
Fisheries bycatch is a threat to species of marine megafauna across the world’s oceans. Work over the past several decades has greatly advanced our understanding of the species affected, the magnitude and the spatial extent of bycatch. In the same time period, there have been substantial advances in...
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| description | Fisheries bycatch is a threat to species of marine megafauna across the world’s oceans. Work over the past several decades has greatly advanced our understanding of the species affected, the magnitude and the spatial extent of bycatch. In the same time period, there have been substantial advances in the development of mitigation strategies and best practices to reduce bycatch. In this paper, we take stock of bycatch knowledge and science to address the critical question Where do we go from here? First, we review the current state of global bycatch science, including bycatch rate estimation and biological effects of bycatch, and bycatch mitigation practices and gear. We then identify knowledge gaps as well as socio-cultural constraints that hamper effective knowledge transfer or implementation, and discuss emerging transdisciplinary approaches to address these issues. Finally, we discuss the need to consider bycatch in a changing ocean and socio-cultural context where species, ecosystems, and people are responding to multiple stressors and dynamic conditions. As the field of bycatch research moves into the 21st century, a new perspective is needed to develop responsive strategies that effectively address the shifting ecological, social, cultural and economic contexts of the global bycatch seascape. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54303d48bd164564bc8e345e382517382022-12-22T00:01:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452015-10-01210.3389/fmars.2015.00083165079Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing worldLisa Marie Komoroske0Lisa Marie Komoroske1Rebecca L Lewison2National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUniversity of California, DavisSan Diego State UniversityFisheries bycatch is a threat to species of marine megafauna across the world’s oceans. Work over the past several decades has greatly advanced our understanding of the species affected, the magnitude and the spatial extent of bycatch. In the same time period, there have been substantial advances in the development of mitigation strategies and best practices to reduce bycatch. In this paper, we take stock of bycatch knowledge and science to address the critical question Where do we go from here? First, we review the current state of global bycatch science, including bycatch rate estimation and biological effects of bycatch, and bycatch mitigation practices and gear. We then identify knowledge gaps as well as socio-cultural constraints that hamper effective knowledge transfer or implementation, and discuss emerging transdisciplinary approaches to address these issues. Finally, we discuss the need to consider bycatch in a changing ocean and socio-cultural context where species, ecosystems, and people are responding to multiple stressors and dynamic conditions. As the field of bycatch research moves into the 21st century, a new perspective is needed to develop responsive strategies that effectively address the shifting ecological, social, cultural and economic contexts of the global bycatch seascape.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2015.00083/fullglobal changeSocial-ecological systemsmarine conservationbycatchsustainable fisheriesmarine megafauna |
| spellingShingle | Lisa Marie Komoroske Lisa Marie Komoroske Rebecca L Lewison Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world Frontiers in Marine Science global change Social-ecological systems marine conservation bycatch sustainable fisheries marine megafauna |
| title | Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world |
| title_full | Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world |
| title_fullStr | Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world |
| title_short | Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world |
| title_sort | addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world |
| topic | global change Social-ecological systems marine conservation bycatch sustainable fisheries marine megafauna |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2015.00083/full |
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