Ingredients for addressing the challenges of fisheries bycatch
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Minimizing fisheries bycatch, the incidental capture of non-target species, is a global environmental challenge. In many regions, bycatch of imperiled species is one of a number of issues that threatens species viability and impedes the development of sustainable fisheries. effectively addressing bycatch of species of conservation concern and improving fisheries sustainability require cross-sectoral integration of information on the biological, socioeconomic, and political contexts of each fishery. several gaps present simultaneous challenges, including: limited engagement with fisher communities, a lack of data, a need for more robust analyses of available data, and a need for coordinated governance from local to global scales. here we present a framework to address fisheries bycatch that builds on established methods in community collaboration and engagement, field-based interviews, quantitative bycatch analyses, and ocean policy governance. although these individual approaches to reduce bycatch are well established, there has yet to be a comprehensive application of an integrated approach. We review these essential approaches and present a broadly applicable model for their integration.
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- Authors
- Lewison, R., Soykan, C., Cox, T., Peckham, H., Pilcher, N., LeBoeuf, N., McDonald, S., Moore, J., Safina, C., & Crowder, L.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Bulletin of Marine Science
- Publisher
- Bulletin of Marine Science
- Published
- 2011-04-01
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 235-250
- ISSN
- 0007-4977 (ISSN-L)
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- W2025196914
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- 51
- References
- 40
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- 3.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bulletin of Marine Science (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- World Wildlife Fund
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Coastal and Marine Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Keywords
- bycatch, non-target organisms, threatened species, sustainable fisheries, integrated approach, conservation concern species
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