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An integrated approach is needed for ecosystem based fisheries management: insights from ecosystem-level management strategy evaluation
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Fulton, EA and Smith, ADM and Smith, DC and Johnson, P, An integrated approach is needed for ecosystem based fisheries management: insights from ecosystem-level management strategy evaluation, PLoS ONE, 9, (1) Article e84242. ISSN 1932-6203 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Fulton et al. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
DOI: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084242
Abstract
An ecosystem approach is widely seen as a desirable goal for fisheries management but there is little consensus on what strategies or measures are needed to achieve it. Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is a tool that has been widely used to develop and test single species fisheries management strategies and is now being extended to support ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM). We describe the application of MSE to investigate alternative strategies for achieving EBFM goals for a complex multispecies fishery in southeastern Australia. The study was undertaken as part of a stakeholder driven process to review and improve the ecological, economic and social performance of the fishery. An integrated management strategy, involving combinations of measures including quotas, gear controls and spatial management, performed best against a wide range of objectives and this strategy was subsequently adopted in the fishery, leading to marked improvements in performance. Although particular to one fishery, the conclusion that an integrated package of measures outperforms single focus measures we argue is likely to apply widely in fisheries that aim to achieve EBFM goals.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | aquatic environment, Australia, conceptual framework, economic evaluation, ecosystem based fishery management, environmental economics, environmental management, environmental monitoring, environmental protection, evaluation study |
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
| Research Field: | Fisheries management |
| Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Fisheries - wild caught |
| Objective Field: | Fisheries - wild caught not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Fulton, EA (Dr Elizabeth Fulton) |
| UTAS Author: | Smith, ADM (Dr Tony Smith) |
| ID Code: | 119513 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 188 |
| Deposited By: | Ecology and Biodiversity |
| Deposited On: | 2017-08-02 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-13 |
| Downloads: | 121 View Download Statistics |
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