Clare, DS, Martinez, R, Goodsir, F et al. (4 more authors) (2023) An approach for assessing and ranking fisheries management scenarios in spatially delimited marine areas. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80 (5). pp. 1291-1302. ISSN 1054-3139
Abstract
Spatial restrictions to human activities such as bottom trawling are increasingly used to improve the ecological condition of disturbed habitats. Such management interventions typically have socio-economic consequences, which creates a challenge for those making decisions about which activities should be restricted and where restrictions should apply. We present an approach for predicting the effects of fisheries management scenarios in spatially delimited marine areas and ranking them—using a loss function—according to how well they achieve desired outcomes across a set of ecological and socio-economic indicators. This approach is demonstrated by simulating alternative fishing gear restrictions and zoning options within a hypothetical marine protected area (MPA). Relative benthic status (RBS; an indicator of ecological condition) and relative catch value (RCV; an indicator of potential economic cost) were estimated for the baseline environment and 21 potential management scenarios. The rank order depended on which indicator was prioritized (i.e. whether RBS or RCV was given greater weighting in the loss function), with the top-ranked scenarios in each case involving considerably different management measures. The methods presented can be applied anywhere using locally or strategically relevant indicators to help identify spatial fisheries management measures that minimize ecological and socio-economic trade-offs.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Crown copyright 2023. This Open Access article contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). |
Keywords: | conservation, ecology, economic, fishing, marine protected area, marine spatial planning, sustainability, trawling |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2023 09:46 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 10:46 |
Published Version: | https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/80/5/1291... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/icesjms/fsad053 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:198591 |