2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Effectiveness of Management - Commercial fishing

• Other Authors: Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), Australian Government (hasAssociationWith), Department of the Environment (DoE), Australian Government (resourceProvider), Emma Flukes (pointOfContact), Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) (hasAssociationWith), Rayns, Nick (author)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; commercial fishing; environmental management; expert assessment; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/2016-soe-marine-commercial-fishing/754294

Statement: QUALITY OF DATA USED IN THE ASSESSMENT Not applicable (assessment has been conducted by literature review). Purpose To describe the effectiveness of marine management of commercial fishing for use in the Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment report. The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Expert Assessment "Effectiveness of marine management of commercial fishing". The full Expert Assessment, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Expert Assessment are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record. --- DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESSURE BEING MANAGED, AND ITS IMPACT Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) is a common objective across all Australian jurisdictions resulting in a good level of understanding of the direct pressures commercial fishing has on the marine environment. All Australian jurisdictions have introduced one or more measures to address those pressures that are increasingly based on risk assessment and implementing a management response. These include harvest strategies for the main commercial species, adaptive management involving expert judgement, more quantitative management strategy evaluation, ecosystem modelling and broader ecological risk assessments. There is now a greater understanding of the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on the marine environment and the need to consider this when determining appropriate fisheries management responses. However, management agencies are yet to integrate all the available science into their management systems. Likewise, current habitat analysis work will identify the emerging priorities in managing the environmental effects on habitats of commercial fishing. Spatial management has been introduced to mitigate the impacts on both vulnerable species and habitats ...