Co-Managing The Scotian Shelf Shrimp Fishery - So Far So Green ...
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.In recent years the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been fostering co-operative approaches to the assessment and management of Canadian fisheries resources. In this paper I describe one such co-management program, the Scotian...
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ASC 2000 - W - Theme session
2024
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25636992 https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Co-Managing_The_Scotian_Shelf_Shrimp_Fishery_-_So_Far_So_Green/25636992 |
Summary: | No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.In recent years the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been fostering co-operative approaches to the assessment and management of Canadian fisheries resources. In this paper I describe one such co-management program, the Scotian Shelf fishery for northern shrimp Pandalus borealis, and the role of science in it. Drawbacks and advantages of co-operative research are described from a personal perspective, with a view to gleaning basic principles. Predictably, problems fall into two main categories, including those associated with methodological compromises, and those stemming from conflicting objectives. Some examples are provided. A major benefit of conducting science within a co-managed program is that it stimulates new ways of viewing the process of fisheries science and management. The 'traffic light' method of determining stock status is highlighted as a way to facilitate industry involvement in the final stages of the ... |
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