Expanding fisheries co-management to ecosystem-based management: A case in the Shiretoko World Natural Heritage area, Japan

Mitsutaku Makino, Hiroyuki Matsuda and Yasunori Sakurai

Marine Policy, 2009, vol. 33, issue 2, 207-214

Abstract: Fisheries co-management in the Shiretoko World Natural Heritage area was expanded to ecosystem-based management, in which the fisheries sector plays an essential role in management. A marine management plan was drawn up to define the management objectives, strategies to maintain major species, and methods for ecosystem monitoring. A network of coordinating organizations from a wide range of sectors was established to integrate policy measures. Experience from this case could inform ecosystem-based management in other countries where large numbers of small-scale fishers take a wide range of species under a fisheries co-management regime.

Keywords: Fisheries; co-management; Ecosystem-based; management; Integrated; management; UNESCO; World; Heritage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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