The Use of Recreational Fishers’ Ecological Knowledge to Assess the Conservation Status of Marine Ecosystems

The Use of Recreational Fishers’ Ecological Knowledge to Assess the Conservation Status of Marine Ecosystems

There is a reluctance to incorporate Fishers’ Ecological Knowledge (FEK) into the evidence base used to underpin marine management decisions. FEK has proved to be useful as an alternative reference of biological changes in data-poor scenarios. Yet, recreational fisher knowledge has rarely been inclu...

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Main Authors: Pablo Pita, Manel Antelo, Kieran Hyder, José Vingada, Sebastián Villasante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
perceptions
long-term trends
shifting baselines
ecological knowledge
recreational fisheries
stock assessment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00242/full

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