Barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries management
Fish populations are dynamic; their productivity depends on the environment, predator and prey interactions, and fisheries harvest rates. Failure to account for these factors in fisheries science and management can lead to a misestimation of stock dynamics and productivity, resulting in overexploita...
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| author | Tyler D. Eddy Daniel Duplisea Matthew D. Robertson Raquel Ruiz-Díaz C. Abraham Solberg Fan Zhang |
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| description | Fish populations are dynamic; their productivity depends on the environment, predator and prey interactions, and fisheries harvest rates. Failure to account for these factors in fisheries science and management can lead to a misestimation of stock dynamics and productivity, resulting in overexploitation or forgone fisheries yield. Using an online survey, we asked fisheries scientists, industry stakeholders, Indigenous partners, and non-governmental organizations whether changing ecosystem productivity was a problem in their experience, how often dynamic approaches to fisheries reference points have been adopted, what methods had been used, and what fisheries they had been applied to. Changing fisheries or ecosystem productivity was reported as an issue by 96% of respondents; however, 74% of respondents said they had never seen dynamic reference points implemented, 16% said in very few instances, while 10% said frequently. The most common barriers to implementation of dynamic approaches in fisheries management were institutional inertia and uncertainty about whether a change in productivity was lasting. We discuss trade-offs between fisheries management performance and stability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f2d6db594af471e9229cd5c5471115b2023-07-10T13:00:10ZengCanadian Science PublishingFACETS2371-16712023-01-01811010.1139/facets-2022-0216Barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries managementTyler D. Eddy0Daniel Duplisea1Matthew D. Robertson2Raquel Ruiz-Díaz3C. Abraham Solberg4Fan Zhang5Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, CanadaMaurice Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Mont Joli, QC, CanadaCentre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, CanadaCentre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, CanadaCentre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, CanadaCollege of Marine Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, ChinaFish populations are dynamic; their productivity depends on the environment, predator and prey interactions, and fisheries harvest rates. Failure to account for these factors in fisheries science and management can lead to a misestimation of stock dynamics and productivity, resulting in overexploitation or forgone fisheries yield. Using an online survey, we asked fisheries scientists, industry stakeholders, Indigenous partners, and non-governmental organizations whether changing ecosystem productivity was a problem in their experience, how often dynamic approaches to fisheries reference points have been adopted, what methods had been used, and what fisheries they had been applied to. Changing fisheries or ecosystem productivity was reported as an issue by 96% of respondents; however, 74% of respondents said they had never seen dynamic reference points implemented, 16% said in very few instances, while 10% said frequently. The most common barriers to implementation of dynamic approaches in fisheries management were institutional inertia and uncertainty about whether a change in productivity was lasting. We discuss trade-offs between fisheries management performance and stability.https://facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2022-0216ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM)dynamic B0dynamic Fdynamic fishing mortalityexpert surveydynamic reference points |
| spellingShingle | Tyler D. Eddy Daniel Duplisea Matthew D. Robertson Raquel Ruiz-Díaz C. Abraham Solberg Fan Zhang Barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries management FACETS ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) dynamic B0 dynamic F dynamic fishing mortality expert survey dynamic reference points |
| title | Barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries management |
| title_full | Barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries management |
| title_fullStr | Barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries management |
| title_short | Barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries management |
| title_sort | barriers to implementation of dynamic reference points in fisheries management |
| topic | ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) dynamic B0 dynamic F dynamic fishing mortality expert survey dynamic reference points |
| url | https://facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2022-0216 |
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