Testing the ecosystem service cascade framework for Atlantic salmon ...

Aligning nature protection with human well-being for the UN Sustainable Development Goals implies that conservation monitoring should indicate the sustainability of ecosystem services (ES). Here we test the value of the ES cascade framework using national, multi-decadal data for an iconic freshwater...

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Main Authors: Worthington, TA, Worthington, I, Vaughan, IP, Ormerod, SJ, Durance, I
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2020
Subjects:
Angling effort
Atlantic salmon
Cultural ecosystem services
Juvenile density
Rod catches
Environmental policy
Salmo salar
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.58620
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/311527
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Summary:Aligning nature protection with human well-being for the UN Sustainable Development Goals implies that conservation monitoring should indicate the sustainability of ecosystem services (ES). Here we test the value of the ES cascade framework using national, multi-decadal data for an iconic freshwater fish, the Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. For the first time, we assemble all long-term monitoring data for England and Wales along the ES cascade for this species from resource to benefit: juvenile density to measure the biological resource, returning adult numbers to measure potential ES use, and rod catches and angling effort as measures of actual ES use. We aimed to understand how the ES cascade framework reconciled conservation with ES sustainability targets. Only some linkages along the ES cascade could be evidenced: in catchments where juveniles declined, rod catches also generally decreased, but angling effort declined everywhere irrespective of the biological resource trends. We suggest that i) programmes ...

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