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Title: | Destructive fishing: An expert-driven definition and exploration of this quasi-concept |
Authors: | McCarthy, A Steadman, D Richardson, H Murphy, J Benbow, S Brian, J Brooks, H Costa‐Domingo, G Hazin, C McOwen, C Walker, J Willer, D Abdi, M Auster, PJ Bealey, R Bensted-Smith, R Broadburn, K Carvalho, G Collinson, T Erinosho, B Fabinyi, M Febrica, S Forbi, WN Goad, D Goldsworthy, L Govan, H Heaphy, C Hiddink, JG Hosch, G Kachelriess, D Kinch, J Lancaster, AMSN Le Manach, F Matthews, T Medellín-Ortiz, A Morgan, A Motta, H Murua, H Namboothri, N Ndiritu, E Passfield, K Pilcher, NJ Portus, JO Rguez-Baron, JM Robertson, M Sharma, A Suazo, CG Tamini, LL Vilata-Simón, J Mukherjee, N |
Keywords: | conservation;destructive fishing;fisheries;policy;sustainable development goals |
Issue Date: | 28-Mar-2024 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Citation: | McCarthy, A. et al. (2024) 'Destructive fishing: An expert-driven definition and exploration of this quasi-conceptt', Conservation Letters, 0 (early online), e13015, pp. 1 - 14. doi: 10.1111/conl.13015. |
Abstract: | Numerous policy and international frameworks consider that “destructive fishing” hampers efforts to reach sustainability goals. Though ubiquitous, “destructive fishing” is undefined and therefore currently immeasurable. Here we propose a definition developed through expert consultation: “Destructive fishing is any fishing practice that causes irrecoverable habitat degradation, or which causes significant adverse environmental impacts, results in long-term declines in target or nontarget species beyond biologically safe limits and has negative livelihood impacts.” We show strong stakeholder support for a definition, consensus on many biological and ecological dimensions, and no clustering of respondents from different sectors. Our consensus definition is a significant step toward defining sustainable fisheries goals and will help interpret and implement global political commitments which utilize the term “destructive fishing.” Our definition and results will help reinforce the Food and Agricultural Organization's Code of Conduct and meaningfully support member countries to prohibit destructive fishing practices. |
Description: | Data availability statement:
Data that breaches the anonymity of responses in this study cannot be made available. Some anonymised and summary data can be found in the Supplementary Information. Data Availability Statement: Data that breaches the anonymity of responses in this study cannot be made available. Some anonymized and summary data can be found in the Supplementary Information. Code Availability Statement: Code for the figures and certain analyses used in this manuscript can be found at https://github.com/arlie-m/destructive_fishing_defintion_delphi. Supporting Information is available online at: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.13015#support-information-section . |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/28646 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13015 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Arlie Hannah McCarthy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7423-4342 ORCiD: Joshua I. Brian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9338-4151 ORCiD: Chris McOwen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4840-2167 ORCiD: Jan Geert Hiddink https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7114-830X ORCiD: Alana Malinde S. N. Lancaster https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8956-7297 ORCiD: Frédéric Le Manach https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7217-0530 ORCiD: Thomas Matthews https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-4062 ORCiD: Evelyne Ndiritu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3122-5355 ORCiD: Cristián G. Suazo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3336-3660 ORCiD: Juan Vilata-Simón https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0613-896X ORCiD: Nibedita Mukherjee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-1498 e13015 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers |
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