scholarly journals A framework to assess national level vulnerability from the perspective of food security: The case of coral reef fisheries

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 95-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Hughes ◽  
Annie Yau ◽  
Lisa Max ◽  
Nada Petrovic ◽  
Frank Davenport ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
National Level ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries

scholarly journals Patterns in artisanal coral reef fisheries reveal best practices for monitoring and management

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G Delaney ◽  
Lida T Teneva ◽  
Kostantinos A Stamoulis ◽  
Jonatha L Giddens ◽  
Haruko Koike ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Fishing Effort ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries

Sustainable fisheries management is key to restoring and maintaining ecological function and benefits to people, but it requires accurate information about patterns in resource use, particularly fishing pressure. In most coral reef fisheries and other data-poor contexts, obtaining such information is challenging and remains an impediment to effective management. We developed the most comprehensive regional view of shore-based fishing effort and catch for the Hawaiian Islands to show detailed fishing patterns from across the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). We reveal these regional patterns through fisher “creel” surveys conducted through collaborative efforts by local communities, state agencies, academics, and environmental organizations, at 18 sites and comprising >10,000 hr of monitoring across a range of habitats and human influences throughout the MHI. Here, we document spatial patterns in nearshore fisheries catch, effort, catch rates (i.e., catch-per-unit-effort [CPUE]), and catch disposition (i.e., use of fish after catch is landed). Line fishing was consistently the most commonly employed gear type (94%), followed by net fishing. The most efficient gear types (i.e., higher CPUE) were spear (0.64 kg hr-1), followed closely by net (0.61 kg hr-1), with CPUE for line (0.16 kg hr-1) 3.9 times lower than spear and 3.7 times lower than net. Creel surveys also reveal rampant illegal fishing activity across the studied locations. Surprisingly, overall, most of the catch was not sold, but rather retained for home consumption or given away to extended family, which indicates that cultural and food security may be stronger drivers of fishing effort than commercial exploitation for nearshore coral reef fisheries in Hawai‘i. Increased monitoring of spatial patterns in nearshore fisheries can inform targeted management, in order to maintain these fisheries for local communities’ food security, cultural, and ecological value.

scholarly journals Reef Conservation off the Hook: Can Market Interventions Make Coral Reef Fisheries More Sustainable?

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie L. Cramer ◽  
John N. Kittinger
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Trade Restrictions ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Fisheries Sustainability ◽  
Coral Reef Ecosystems

The overexploitation of coral reef fisheries threatens the persistence of reef ecosystems and the livelihoods and food security of millions of people. Market-based initiatives to increase fisheries sustainability have been widely implemented in industrialized commodity fisheries, but the suitability of these initiatives for coral reef fisheries has not been systematically investigated. Here, we present a typology of market-based interventions and coral reef fisheries sectors and identity promising approaches for each fishery archetype. For high value, export-oriented reef fisheries that are highly unsustainable (live reef food fish and dried sea cucumbers), traditional regulatory efforts including trade restrictions will be most effective. For high-value, export-oriented fisheries for highly fecund invertebrates (lobsters and mollusks), certification and ratings efforts, fishery improvement projects, and sustainable purchasing commitments can improve fishing practices and increase fisher market access and revenue. For lower-value fisheries targeting species for domestic or regional consumption, sustainable purchasing commitments among local buyers, consumer awareness campaigns, and local certification and ratings schemes hold promise for shifting attitudes toward sustainability and increasing food security for local communities. Finally, fisher empowerment efforts including direct access to local markets and market information, training on improved post-harvest methods, and formation of fisher associations hold promise for increasing fisher incomes, reducing wasteful catch, increasing food security, and de-incentivizing unsustainable practices. Despite the potential of market-based interventions, specific approaches must be carefully tailored to the ecological and social reality of these systems, including the inherent unsustainability of commercial coral reef fisheries, the limited capacity for fisheries governance, the limited financial support of market-based initiatives, and the threatened status of coral reef ecosystems globally.

scholarly journals Patterns in artisanal coral reef fisheries revealed through local monitoring efforts

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e4089 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Delaney ◽  
Lida T. Teneva ◽  
Kostantinos A. Stamoulis ◽  
Jonatha L. Giddens ◽  
Haruko Koike ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Fishing Effort ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Ecological Value ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries

Sustainable fisheries management is key to restoring and maintaining ecological function and benefits to people, but it requires accurate information about patterns of resource use, particularly fishing pressure. In most coral reef fisheries and other data-poor contexts, obtaining such information is challenging and remains an impediment to effective management. We developed the most comprehensive regional view of shore-based fishing effort and catch published to date, to show detailed fishing patterns from across the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). We reveal these regional patterns through fisher “creel” surveys conducted by local communities, state agencies, academics, and/or environmental organizations, at 18 sites, comprising >10,000 h of monitoring across a range of habitats and human influences throughout the MHI. All creel surveys included in this study except for one were previously published in some form (peer-reviewed articles or gray literature reports). Here, we synthesize these studies to document spatial patterns in nearshore fisheries catch, effort, catch rates (i.e., catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE)), and catch disposition (i.e., use of fish after catch is landed). This effort provides for a description of general regional patterns based on these location-specific studies. Line fishing was by far the dominant gear type employed. The most efficient gear (i.e., highest CPUE) was spear (0.64 kg h−1), followed closely by net (0.61 kg h−1), with CPUE for line (0.16 kg h−1) substantially lower than the other two methods. Creel surveys also documented illegal fishing activity across the studied locations, although these activities were not consistent across sites. Overall, most of the catch was not sold, but rather retained for home consumption or given away to extended family, which suggests that cultural practices and food security may be stronger drivers of fishing effort than commercial exploitation for coral reef fisheries in Hawai‘i. Increased monitoring of spatial patterns in nearshore fisheries can inform targeted management, and can help communities develop a more informed understanding of the drivers of marine resource harvest and the state of the resources, in order to maintain these fisheries for food security, cultural practices, and ecological value.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABILITY WINDOW APPROACH FOR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AT THE COASTAL AREA OF TERNATE ISLAND, NORTH MALUKU PROVINCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faizal Rumagia ◽  
Mennofatria Boer ◽  
Rahmat Kurnia ◽  
Mohammad Mukhlis Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
National Level ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries ◽  
Ecological Economic ◽  
Window Approach

Aims: This study aims to assess the value sustainable development opportunity of the coral reef fisheries activities in Indonesia from the ecological, economic, and social aspect, with a case study of coral reef fisheries at the coastal area of Ternate Island, using the Sustainability Window (SuWi) approach. Methodology and Results: The data was collected from statistical data from relevant institutions and literature study, which consists of ecological, economic and social data, and analyzed using the Sustainability Window approach to determine the sustainability of the fisheries development. The result shows that the Sustainability Window of the coral reef fisheries in the research area tends to move towards sustainable development, where the national policy in catch fisheries management has an impact on the sustainable development and management of coral reef fisheries at the coastal area of Ternate Island. Conclusion, significance and impact study: The Sustainability Window of coral reef fisheries at the coastal area of Ternate Island tends to move towards sustainable processes, with the width of sustainability window that not too narrow to the coral reef fisheries activities at the provincial and national levels. This condition attaches strings to a precautionary approach in policy decision for the management process, and consideration to the effect that can result from the development policy, both at the provincial and national level. The use of Sustainability Windows approach can provide a new simple way for assessing whether the development has been towards a more sustainable direction or not.

scholarly journals Patterns in artisanal coral reef fisheries reveal best practices for monitoring and management

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G Delaney ◽  
Lida T Teneva ◽  
Kostantinos A Stamoulis ◽  
Jonatha L Giddens ◽  
Haruko Koike ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Fishing Effort ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries

Sustainable fisheries management is key to restoring and maintaining ecological function and benefits to people, but it requires accurate information about patterns in resource use, particularly fishing pressure. In most coral reef fisheries and other data-poor contexts, obtaining such information is challenging and remains an impediment to effective management. We developed the most comprehensive regional view of shore-based fishing effort and catch for the Hawaiian Islands to show detailed fishing patterns from across the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). We reveal these regional patterns through fisher “creel” surveys conducted through collaborative efforts by local communities, state agencies, academics, and environmental organizations, at 18 sites and comprising >10,000 hr of monitoring across a range of habitats and human influences throughout the MHI. Here, we document spatial patterns in nearshore fisheries catch, effort, catch rates (i.e., catch-per-unit-effort [CPUE]), and catch disposition (i.e., use of fish after catch is landed). Line fishing was consistently the most commonly employed gear type (94%), followed by net fishing. The most efficient gear types (i.e., higher CPUE) were spear (0.64 kg hr-1), followed closely by net (0.61 kg hr-1), with CPUE for line (0.16 kg hr-1) 3.9 times lower than spear and 3.7 times lower than net. Creel surveys also reveal rampant illegal fishing activity across the studied locations. Surprisingly, overall, most of the catch was not sold, but rather retained for home consumption or given away to extended family, which indicates that cultural and food security may be stronger drivers of fishing effort than commercial exploitation for nearshore coral reef fisheries in Hawai‘i. Increased monitoring of spatial patterns in nearshore fisheries can inform targeted management, in order to maintain these fisheries for local communities’ food security, cultural, and ecological value.

scholarly journals Commercial coral-reef fisheries across Micronesia: A need for improving management

Coral Reefs ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Houk ◽  
K. Rhodes ◽  
J. Cuetos-Bueno ◽  
S. Lindfield ◽  
V. Fread ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries

scholarly journals Publisher Correction: Productive instability of coral reef fisheries after climate-driven regime shifts

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. W. Robinson ◽  
Shaun K. Wilson ◽  
Jan Robinson ◽  
Calvin Gerry ◽  
Juliette Lucas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Regime Shifts ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries

scholarly journals Spatio-Temporal Reorganization of Cropland Development in Central Asia during the Post-Soviet Era: A Sustainable Implication in Kazakhstan

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wei ◽  
Yuanjun Zhu ◽  
Hao Li ◽  
Kebin Zhang ◽  
Baitian Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
National Level ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Spatio Temporal

The abandonment and cultivation of croplands in the Eurasian Steppe has become the focus of global and regional food security and agricultural policy-making. A large area of cropland in some post-Soviet countries has proven to be abandoned with the disintegration of the Soviet Union; however, it is unclear as to whether Kazakhstan also experienced a similar change as one of the main food providers for the former Soviet Union. In this study, we used the annual land cover dataset (1992–2015) from the European Space Agency, Climate Change Initiative (ESA-CCI) to detect spatio-temporal characteristics of rainfed and irrigated cropland changes in Kazakhstan. The Mann–Kendall test and regime shift analysis showed that rainfed and irrigated cropland at national level had a significant increasing trend with a significant rising up to 1999 and stagnation during 2000–2015, which was further confirmed with analysis at 14 regions. The greatest contributor to rainfed and irrigated croplands was steppes, followed by shrinkage of water bodies since 2005 to a great extent, rapid urbanization process resulted in losses of a part of irrigated oases. The trend surface analysis indicated that reorganized stable pattern characterized by rainfed cropland in north and irrigated cropland in south was driven by the strategy of the gradual agricultural development of oases. The nonexistence of cycle between the abandonment and recultivation proved that newly-gained cropland from steppe may be less degraded and more productive for sustainable land use in Kazakhstan. In conclusion, this study can provide strong evidence for sustainable land use and a basis for food security policy-making in Kazakhstan, and even all of the Central Asian countries in the future.

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