Towards the implementation of an integrated ecosystem fleet-based management of European fisheries
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| Date | 2012-09 | ||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Gascuel Didier1, Merino G.2, Doering R.3, Druon Jean-Noel4, Goti L.5, Guenette S.1, Macher Claire 6, Soma K.7, Travers-Trolet Morgane8, Mackinson Steve9 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Univ Europeenne Bretagne, UMR Ecol & Sante Ecosyst, Pole Halieut Agrocampus Ouest, F-35042 Rennes, France. 2 : Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England. 3 : Inst Sea Fisheries, Johann Heinrich von Thunen Fed Res Inst, D-22767 Hamburg, Germany. 4 : Joint Res Ctr, Commiss European Communities, IPSC, Maritime Affairs Unit, I-21027 Ispra, Italy. 5 : Neike Tecnalia, Basque Inst Agr Res & Dev, E-01080 Vitoria, Spain. 6 : IFREMER, Dept Econ Maritime, UMR Amure, Ctr Brest, F-29280 Plouzane, France. 7 : LEI Wageningen UR, NL-2502 LS The Hague, Netherlands. 8 : IFREMER, Lab Ressources Halieut, F-62321 Boulogne Sur Mer, France. 9 : CEFAS, Lowestoft NR33 0HT, Suffolk, England. |
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| Source | Marine Policy (0308-597X) (Elsevier Sci Ltd), 2012-09 , Vol. 36 , N. 5 , P. 1022-1032 | ||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.02.008 | ||||||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 34 | ||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Ecosystem approach, Economic performance, Fisheries management, Fleet, Indicator, Sustainable development | ||||||||||||
| Abstract | Using the Celtic Sea and the North Sea as case studies, the fleet-based approach is shown to be the pathway to implement an effective ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) in European seas. First, a diagnostic on the health of each ecosystem is proposed based on the reconstruction of long time-series of catch, the analysis of mean indicators or stocks trajectories derived from ICES stock assessment results, and the analysis of ecosystem indicators. Then, a fleet-based synthesis is presented using indicators of both the ecological impact and the economic performances of the major fleets operating within each ecosystem. In particular, assessment diagrams show whether each fleet segment, on average, sustainably exploits the stocks. Although results are preliminary due to the poor quality of available data, the analysis shows that simple indicators can be estimated and clearly highlight contrasts between fleet segments. Such an approach contributes to the evolution from a stock-based to a fleet-based management, which reflects the ecological, economical and social pillars of the sustainable development of fisheries. | ||||||||||||
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