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Transparency in fisheries governance: Achievements to date and challenges ahead

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022
Increasing the transparency of decision-making and implementation of adopted measures is widely recognised as forming part of the solution to this challenge. While transparency has emerged as a good governance principle in general, it is embedded in specific international law obligations when it comes to fisheries.
Tim Stephens, Solène, Guggisberg,, Aline Jaeckel   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Small-scale fisheries, large-scale fisheries and fisheries governance in the Philippines

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
This article investigates the intersections between two highly significant ocean policy processes: fisheries governance interventions for improved sustainability, and the relationship between small- and large-scale fishers.
Michael Fabinyi
exaly   +3 more sources

Fishing Livelihoods and Fisheries Governance [PDF]

Asia-Pacific Fishing Livelihoods, 2021
AbstractThis book centres on an understanding of fishing livelihoods within processes of historical change, and the social and political relationships within which they are embedded. Drawing on our research experience from the Asia-Pacific region, we examine where fishing livelihoods have come from, and where they are going.
Michael Fabinyi, Kate Barclay
openaire   +2 more sources

Food security and safety in fisheries governance – A case study on Baltic herring [PDF]

Marine Policy, 2018
One of the objectives of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is to increase the contribution of fisheries to fish food availability and self-sufficiency.
M. Pihlajamäki, Simo Sarkki, P. Haapasaari   +2 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Evaluating the Fit of Co-management for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance in Timor-Leste

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Fisheries co-management is an increasingly globalized concept, and a cornerstone of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, adopted by the United Nations Food and ...
Alexander Tilley, Alexander Tilley, Kimberley J. Hunnam, Kimberley J. Hunnam, David J. Mills, David J. Mills, Dirk J. Steenbergen, Hugh Govan, Hugh Govan, Enrique Alonso-Poblacion, Matthew Roscher, Mario Pereira, Pedro Rodrigues, Teresa Amador, Agustinha Duarte, Mario Gomes, Philippa J. Cohen, Philippa J. Cohen   +17 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The fisheries governance tool: A practical and accessible approach to evaluating management systems. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
The Fisheries Governance Tool (FGT) is a comprehensive, evidence-based diagnostic tool that fishery managers, environmental organizations, funders, investors, and other key stakeholders can use to track progress against sustainability goals, identify ...
Swasey JH, Iudicello S, Parkes G, Trumble R, Stevens K, Silver M, Recchia CA.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Is fisheries governance possible? [PDF]

Fish and Fisheries, 2013
AbstractAre there limits to the governability of a fishery? The establishment of a 200 nautical mile economic zone inNorway in 1977 made it possible to change from an open‐access regime to a more closed one. In this process, the former self‐regulatingNorwegian fishing industry, to a large extent, accepted and adapted an explicit, hierarchical form of ...
Jahn P Johnsen, Johnsen, Jahn Petter
openaire   +3 more sources

Fisheries governance in the face of climate change: Assessment of policy reform implications for Mexican fisheries. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2019
Climate change is driving shifts in the abundance and distribution of marine fish and invertebrates and is having direct and indirect impacts on seafood catches and fishing communities, exacerbating the already negative effects of unsustainably high ...
Cisneros-Mata MA, Mangin T, Bone J, Rodriguez L, Smith SL, Gaines SD.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Women’s experiences in influencing and shaping small‐scale fisheries governance

Fish and Fisheries, 2022
This paper synthesizes current empirical evidence on how women experience, shape and influence small-scale fisheries (SSF) governance. Our synthesis addresses an important gap in the literature, and helps highlight the opportunities to improve women's ...
M. Galappaththi, D. Armitage, Andrea M. Collins   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Perceptions towards governance of billfish resource use: The lens of artisanal fishers in Kenya

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Multiple fisher groups target billfish species, each with different motivations and experiences, which can influence the effectiveness and sustainability of governance approaches.
Damaris Njeri Kinyua, Nelly Isigi Kadagi, Sarah Ater, Melckzedeck Osore, Andrew Wamukota   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source