Towards the implementation of an integrated ecosystem fleet-based management of European fisheries

Didier Gascuel (), G. Merino, Ralf Doering (), Jean Noël Druon, L. Goti, Sylvie Guenette, Claire Macher (), K. Soma, M. Travers-Trolet and S. Mackinson
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Didier Gascuel: ESE - Écologie et santé des écosystèmes - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AGROCAMPUS OUEST
Jean Noël Druon: European commission FISHREG - European commission FISHREG
Sylvie Guenette: ESE - Écologie et santé des écosystèmes - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AGROCAMPUS OUEST
Claire Macher: AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - IUEM - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
M. Travers-Trolet: LRHBL - Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques de Boulogne - HMMN - Unité Halieutique Manche Mer du Nord - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer

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Abstract: Using the Celtic Sea and the North Sea as case studies, the fleet-based approach is shown to be the pathway to implement an effective ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) in European seas. First, a diagnostic on the health of each ecosystem is proposed based on the reconstruction of long time-series of catch, the analysis of mean indicators or stocks trajectories derived from ICES stock assessment results, and the analysis of ecosystem indicators. Then, a Fleet-based synthesis is presented using indicators of both the ecological impact and the economic performances of the major fleets operating within each ecosystem. In particular, assessment diagrams show whether each fleet segment, on average, sustainably exploits the stocks. Although results are preliminary due to the poor quality of available data, the analysis shows that simple indicators can be estimated and clearly highlight contrasts between fleet segments. Such an approach contributes to the evolution from a stock-based to a fleet-based management, which reflects the ecological, economical and social pillars of the sustainable development of fisheries. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Ecosystem approach; Economic performance; Fisheries management; Fleet; Indicator; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-09-01
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Published in Marine Policy, 2012, 36 (5), pp.1022-1032. ⟨10.1016/j.marpol.2012.02.008⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.02.008

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