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Establishing a governance threshold in small-scale fisheries to achieve sustainability

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ID10890129
AuthorsAlba Aguión (0000-0002-5429-2227, Universidade de Vigo, corresponding author), Elena Ojea (0000-0003-4991-8077, Universidade de Vigo), Lucía García-Flórez, Lucía García‐Flórez (Gobierno del Principado de Asturias), Teresa Cruz (0000-0002-8242-475X, University of Évora), Joxe Mikel Garmendia (0000-0002-9403-1777, Marine Technology Unit), Dominique Davoult (0000-0001-8678-3998, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Henrique Queiroga (0000-0002-2338-0013, University of Aveiro), Antonella Rivera (0000-0001-8680-9115, Coral Reef Alliance), José Luis Acuña (0000-0003-3306-7212, Universidad de Oviedo), José Luis Acuña-Fernández, Gonzalo Macho (0000-0002-0836-0065, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences)
Year2022
Volume51
Issue3
Pages652-665
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAMBIO (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0044-7447 • E-ISSN: 1654-7209
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s13280-021-01606-x
PMID34403111
OpenAlexW3195465693
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited46

The lack of effective governance is a major concern in small-scale fisheries. The implementation of governance that encompasses the three pillars of sustainability (social, economic, and ecological) is still a worldwide challenge. We examined nine stalked barnacle fisheries ( Pollicipes pollicipes ) across Southwest Europe to better understand the relationship between governance elements and sustainability. Our results show that nested spatial scales of management, the access structure, co-management, and fisher’s participation in monitoring and surveillance promote sustainability. However, it is not the mere presence of these elements but their level of implementation that drives sustainability. Efforts should be placed in the accomplishment of a minimum combination of local scales of management, access rights through individual quotas, instructive-consultative co-management and functional participation. Surpassing this threshold in future governance structures will start to adequately promote social, economic and ecologically sustainability in small-scale fisheries

Biology · Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Fisheries management · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Scale (ratio · Social sustainability · Sustainability · Coastal and Marine Management · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Ecology · Finance · Marine and fisheries research

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Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
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