Fisheries management approaches as platforms for climate change adaptation: Comparing theory and practice in Australian fisheries

Marine Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 82-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily M. Ogier ◽  
Julie Davidson ◽  
Pedro Fidelman ◽  
Marcus Haward ◽  
Alistair J. Hobday ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Management Approaches

Designing Marine Reserves for Fisheries Management, Biodiversity Conservation, and Climate Change Adaptation

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison L. Green ◽  
Leanne Fernandes ◽  
Glenn Almany ◽  
Rene Abesamis ◽  
Elizabeth McLeod ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Marine Reserves

scholarly journals Assessing South Africa’s Potential to Address Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in the Fisheries Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Ortega-Cisneros ◽  
Kevern L. Cochrane ◽  
Nina Rivers ◽  
Warwick H. H. Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Marine Fisheries ◽  
Address Climate Change

The marine fisheries sector is one of the most important income sectors in South Africa and plays an important role in food security for small-scale and subsistence fishers. Climate-driven impacts have resulted in distribution shifts and declines in abundance of important fisheries targets, with negative consequences to the users dependent on these resources. The sustainability of the sector depends on its readiness to adapt to climate change. The inclusion of climate change impacts and adaptation in fisheries management documents in South Africa is essential to ensure adequate climate adaptation responses are implemented at the short- and long-term. This study aims to 1) determine if the relevant fisheries national management documents address climate change and adaptation, 2) determine if the relevant national climate change documents address climate change and adaptation in the fisheries sector and 3) evaluate the extent to which fisheries management documents address climate change and adaptation. A content analysis of fisheries management and climate change documents was carried out to determine if they incorporated information on climate change impacts and adaptation and marine fisheries respectively. Fisheries management documents were then screened against nine pre-determined criteria (or themes) based on climate change adaptation to determine the level of inclusion of best practice for climate change adaptation. Results indicate that climate change impacts and adaptation are rarely incorporated in the main fisheries management documents, except for the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan for the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. However, this document is still waiting to be adopted. The only direct reference identified in all the fisheries documents that supports climate change adaptation was ‘conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity’. With regards to indirect references to climate change adaptation, ‘equity,’ ‘participatory management,’ and ‘capacity building’ were most frequently incorporated in fisheries management documents. There is a need to explicitly incorporate information on climate change impacts and adaptation in South African fisheries management documents and increase the human and financial capacity at national institutions to ensure that the fisheries sector can adequately adapt to climate change.

Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Australian Birds

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Climatic Suitability ◽  
Advocacy Groups ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Core Habitat ◽  
Australian Birds ◽  
Management And Conservation

This is the first climate change adaptation plan produced for a national faunal group anywhere in the world. It outlines the nature of threats related to climate change for the Australian bird taxa most likely to be affected by climate change, and provides recommendations on what might be done to assist them and approximate costs of doing so. It also features an analysis of how climate change will affect all Australian birds, explains why some species are likely to be more exposed or sensitive to it than others, and explores the theory and practice of conservation management under the realities of a changing climate. Species profiles include maps showing current core habitat and modelled climatic suitability based on historical records, as well as maps showing projected climatic suitability in 2085 in relation to current core habitat. Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Australian Birds is an important reference for policy makers, conservation scientists, land managers, climate change adaptation biologists, as well as bird watchers and advocacy groups. 2014 Whitley Award Commendation for Zoological Management and Conservation Resource.

Climate Change and Global Fisheries Management: Linking Issues to Protect Ecosystems or to Save Political Interests?

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Axelrod
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

This article explores the conditions under which regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) adopt climate actions. I test a series of hypotheses to explain when RFMOs move beyond their classic management approaches—assignment of property rights, catch limits, and gear restrictions—to include climate change in their research and management plans. I introduce a new data set that compares fisheries-climate linkages since 1992 in all available RFMO annual reports and meeting minutes. The analysis reveals a series of patterns surrounding linkage politics in RFMOs. Importantly, this study finds that climate linkages in RFMOs do not simply follow scientific knowledge or regional climate vulnerability. Instead, climate action coincides with member country efforts to avoid catch regulations, and secretariat efforts to exhibit organizational relevance.

Ecosystem Considerations in Fisheries Management: Theory and Practice

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Target Species ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
Species Analysis ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Fishing Fleets ◽  
Management Approaches

AbstractThis article examines recent developments with respect to the development and application of an ecosystem approach in marine fisheries management. A number of international fisheries legal instruments now include explicit references to ecosystem considerations. While there has been general agreement on the need to take ecosystem considerations into account, there is no clarity or consensus on how this can best be done. Various definitions of an ecosystem approach emphasise that the focus must be on managing the human activities, which are part of, and impact on, marine ecosystems. An ecosystem approach is neither inconsistent with, nor a replacement for, existing fisheries management approaches—it is not a panacea for the problems confronting world fisheries. Realistically, we can only move to an ecosystem approach incrementally, starting with more rigorous/cautious application and extension of single species methods. A key element of any ecosystem approach will likely be to set harvest rates for target species at even lower conservative levels than might be suggested by single species analysis. Fisheries management measures should also ensure the protection not only of target species, but also of non-target, associated or dependent species. Reducing the killing power of the world's fishing fleets is an essential component of ecosystem-based fisheries management.

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