Benchmarking for data-limited fishery systems to support collaborative focus on solutions
[eng] Stakeholder participation is a key feature in risk-based frameworks used to assess and promote sustainable exploitation in fishery systems, but participants usually have a limited opportunity to influence the scope and rules of interaction. Here, an extension of this approach of stakeholder en...
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ftunillesbalears:oai:dspace.uib.es:11201/150459 2023-05-15T17:41:39+02:00 Benchmarking for data-limited fishery systems to support collaborative focus on solutions Stratoudakis, Yorgos Azevedo, Manuela Farias, Inês Macedo, Carlos Moura, Teresa Pólvora, Manuel J. Rosa, Cristina Figueiredo, Ivone application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11201/150459 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2014.10.001 unknown Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2014.10.001 Fisheries Research, 2015, vol. 171, p. 122-129 http://hdl.handle.net/11201/150459 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2014.10.001 (c) Elsevier B.V., 2015 info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess 5 - Ciències pures i naturals 63 - Agricultura. Silvicultura. Zootècnia. Caça. Pesca 5 - Mathematical and Natural Sciences 63 - Agriculture and related sciences and techniques. Forestry. Farming. Wildlife exploitation Integrated assessment Interactive workshops MSC sustainability standard Priority matrix Solution co-generation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion ftunillesbalears https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2014.10.001 2021-06-25T17:57:59Z [eng] Stakeholder participation is a key feature in risk-based frameworks used to assess and promote sustainable exploitation in fishery systems, but participants usually have a limited opportunity to influence the scope and rules of interaction. Here, an extension of this approach of stakeholder engagement is described and tested in a context where the scope and rules of interaction are decided by the participants themselves. Demonstration is based on a deep-water long-line fishery for black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) off mainland Portugal. Managers, scientists and fishery representatives were invited to interact within a facilitated environment with the aim of improving understanding of main problems in the system and of negotiating solutions meaningful to all participants. Mismatches between the scale of bio-logical processes and those at which exploitation is assessed and managed across the Northeast Atlantic and other weaknesses of the fishery system were rapidly identified during an interactive workshop of benchmarking against the Marine Stewardship Council sustainability standard. Specific proposals for action were iteratively developed within the group and evaluated in terms of perceived cost and scope for action. Finally, problems were prioritized in terms of a cumulative score of gravity of anticipated impact, urgency of action and likely degradation rate during a period of inaction to highlight issues most likely to be resolved by the group. The stage-wise approach presented here can be replicated to create or to revise strategies for resolving problems in data-limited fisheries and can be extended to incorporate other critical stakeholders and other tools to stimulate group interaction and joint deliberation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic UIB Repositori (University of the Balearic Islands) Fisheries Research 171 122 129 |
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[eng] Stakeholder participation is a key feature in risk-based frameworks used to assess and promote sustainable exploitation in fishery systems, but participants usually have a limited opportunity to influence the scope and rules of interaction. Here, an extension of this approach of stakeholder engagement is described and tested in a context where the scope and rules of interaction are decided by the participants themselves. Demonstration is based on a deep-water long-line fishery for black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) off mainland Portugal. Managers, scientists and fishery representatives were invited to interact within a facilitated environment with the aim of improving understanding of main problems in the system and of negotiating solutions meaningful to all participants. Mismatches between the scale of bio-logical processes and those at which exploitation is assessed and managed across the Northeast Atlantic and other weaknesses of the fishery system were rapidly identified during an interactive workshop of benchmarking against the Marine Stewardship Council sustainability standard. Specific proposals for action were iteratively developed within the group and evaluated in terms of perceived cost and scope for action. Finally, problems were prioritized in terms of a cumulative score of gravity of anticipated impact, urgency of action and likely degradation rate during a period of inaction to highlight issues most likely to be resolved by the group. The stage-wise approach presented here can be replicated to create or to revise strategies for resolving problems in data-limited fisheries and can be extended to incorporate other critical stakeholders and other tools to stimulate group interaction and joint deliberation. |
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Benchmarking for data-limited fishery systems to support collaborative focus on solutions |
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Benchmarking for data-limited fishery systems to support collaborative focus on solutions |
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Benchmarking for data-limited fishery systems to support collaborative focus on solutions |
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