Trial and error: Tactical changes in fishing behaviour can help reduce discards and exposure to chokes, but scientific trials can fail to spot this
In: Marine policy, Band 124, S. 104365
ISSN: 0308-597X
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In: Marine policy, Band 124, S. 104365
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Marine policy, Band 123, S. 104290
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Delaney , A E , Reid , D G , Zimmermann , C , Kraan , M , Steins , N & J. Kaiser , M 2022 , ' Socio-Technical Approaches are Needed for Innovation in Fisheries ' , Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture . https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2022.2047886
We reflect on the innovation process that led to the development of the pulse trawl that was successfully trialed at a commercial scale, but eventually ended with the European Parliament passing legislation to ban its use. The ban was imposed despite published and emerging evidence that suggested that the environmental performance and catch efficiency of the pulse trawl was superior to the conventional beam trawl design. We used a stakeholder questionnaire to understand which factors undermined wider acceptance of the pulse trawl. The main factors where a lack of involvement of certain key stakeholders earlier in the process that would have ensured better co-development of innovation and a shared vision of the environmental or governance questions that needed to be addressed. Although the stakeholder process itself was seen to be positive, it was implemented too late in the innovation process, as was the implementation of an independent peer review process. We conclude by identifying a pathway for future fishing gear innovation processes that integrate the lessons learnt from the pulse trawl innovation process.
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In: Marine policy, Band 116, S. 103511
ISSN: 0308-597X
The recently proposed "Real-Time Incentive (RTI)" fisheries-management approach replaces catch orlandings quotas and days-at-sea limitations with a single allowance of fishing-impact credits ("RTIs"). According to this concept, fishing mortality rates of multiple species and impacts on the ecosystem are regulated through a single "currency". Fishers can fish where and when they want and spend their allocated RTIs according to spatiotemporally varying tariffs. Managers set the tariffs based on agreed target mortality rates of multiple species, using knowledge of the spatiotemporally varying catchabilities of the various species caught or impacted in a mixed fishery. We explore algorithms for combining real-time CPUE data of up to four different species in a conceptual simulation model. The simulations indicate that RTI may perform better than several traditional management systems, such as broad-brush effort restrictions, Total Allowable Catches and Total Allowable Landings, in terms of controlling harvest rates of several species in a mixed fishery with differing catchabilities, while at the same time limiting impact on a vulnerable species or ecosystem elements. Performance weakens with greater spatial overlap of the 'choke' and other species, and also when fish migrate. Real-time updating requires that local CPUE levels in a given time step are predictive of catchabilities in the following time step. Historical information may be more accurate than real-time information if migration patterns are similar year-on-year. RTI allows the fishers to derive the balance between limiting mortality on choke and vulnerable species and optimally exploiting others because it internalises the cost of undesirable outcomes. In the light of the Ecosystem Based Approach to Fisheries Management, and in particular in the context of the European Union landings obligation, the integrated RTI fisheries management approach could offer a practical solution that addresses some of the problems inherent in a multi-objective fishery system. RTI is ready for case-specific testing.
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In: Marine policy, Band 59, S. 105-111
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Marine policy: the international journal of ocean affairs, Band 59, S. 105-111
ISSN: 0308-597X