Journal
FISH AND FISHERIES
Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 773-785Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12644
Keywords
data-poor fisheries; fishing effort; geographical information systems; local ecological knowledge; marine spatial planning; participatory mapping
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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The participatory approach used in Mediterranean countries provided quantitative and spatially explicit information on small-scale fisheries effort, helping overcome existing budget constraints and supporting the ecosystem approach to fisheries as a useful complement to traditional assessments.
The knowledge of small-scale fisheries (SSFs) is important to develop management policies and mitigate the competition for marine resources. However, spatially explicit information is often unavailable at the regional and subregional scale. We designed and tested a novel participatory approach to map the SSF fishing effort using the Mediterranean sea as a case study. We applied the approach in eight countries (Albania, Croatia, Italy, Libya, Malta, Montenegro, Slovenia and Tunisia) characterized by different cultural, social, political and ecological features. The results provided quantitative and spatially explicit information on fishing operations on a fine-scale resolution, contributing to overcome the pragmatic and budgetary constraints that to date have prevented an accurate assessment of SSFs worldwide. This novel participatory approach is inspired by the principles of governance, adaptive management, cross-national cooperation and spatial planning, thus supporting the ecosystem approach to fisheries and has the potential to provide a useful complement to traditional assessments.
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