Browsing by Subject "fisheries"
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A case study analysis of a participatory process in fisheries management
(2008-12-05)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the experiences of participants in a participatory process in environmental management and to examine relative contributions of process features and the achievement of social goals ... -
A Gap Analysis of the Distributions of Cephalopod Species Worldwide with a Focus on Commercially Important Species
(2010-04-28)Cephalopods are valuable species as they provide ecological functions and are also important commercially and scientifically. This study attempts to adequately describe the distribution of Class Cephalopoda as well as focusing ... -
A Preliminary Approach to Determining the Presence of Formal Co-Management in Small-Scale Fisheries
(2023-04-28)Millions of people rely on small-scale fisheries (SSF) for their livelihoods and as a source of vital, nutrient-dense food. Despite the sector’s economic, environmental and cultural significance, SSF are commonly overlooked ... -
A Preliminary Examination of the Impacts of Faith and Religion in the Use of Common-Pool Resources: The Case of Artisanal Fisheries in Kino Bay and Punta Chueca, Mexico
(2012-04-27)Researchers studying common-pool resources have historically not given enough attention to the influence of faith and religion among fisheries resource users. However, the ethics and value systems taught by religious leaders ... -
Assessing Data Requirements for Calculating Sustainable Marine Mammal Bycatch Limits
(2022-04-15)The Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act extend several domestic marine mammal management tools to foreign fisheries wishing to export their products to the United States. One of these ... -
Catch Share Management in New England: Groundfish Sectors
(2010-04-29)The management of domestic fisheries by the use of catch shares has become a topic of increased attention in recent years. The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) recently voted to adopt a catch share program ... -
Ecological and Economic Tradeoffs Between Herring Fisheries and Whale Watching in New England
(2014-04-24)The whale-watching industry is an important component of the New England regional economy with about one million tourism visitors. Humpback whales are the most popular whale-watching targets, whose primary activity in this ... -
Ecological and economic tradeoffs between herring fisheries and whale watching in New England
(2014-04-24)The whale-watching industry is an important component of the New England regional economy with about one million tourism visitors. Humpback whales are the most popular whale-watching targets, whose primary activity in this ... -
(En)gendering Change in Small-Scale Fisheries Science and Policy
(2021)Increasingly the challenges of environmental governance are understood as global in nature and scope. Within fisheries, industrial fisheries have long been the global priority in fisheries science, policy instruments, and ... -
Fish in the Face of Climate Change: A ten-year analysis of fisheries conflicts in the Barents Sea
(2023-04-28)Climate change is shifting fisheries and opening up new routes. Such a phenomenon has the potential to contribute to conflict between users. The Barents Sea region of the Arctic possesses both significant fish resources ... -
Fishing for Food and Fodder: The Transnational Environmental History of Humboldt Current Fisheries in Peru and Chile since 1945
(2011)This dissertation explores the history of industrial fisheries in the Humboldt Current marine ecosystem where workers, scientists, and entrepreneurs transformed Peru and Chile into two of the top five fishing nations after ... -
Inter-Jurisdictional and Multi-Scale Challenges of River Herring Management and Bycatch Reduction
(2012-04-27)The alewife and the blueback herring, collectively known as river herring, were once abundant along most of the Atlantic coast of the United States but have declined significantly throughout their range. River herring populations ... -
Marine Ecosystem-Based Management in Mexico: an idea traveling across borders
(2010-04-30)Ecosystem-based management (EBM) has gained acceptance around the world as an integrated approach to management based on science that considers the entire ecosystem, including humans. I analyze two implementation projects ... -
On the dynamic management of marine resources
(2014)Mismatches in the spatiotemporal variability of resource, resource users and management actions breeds inefficiency in the management of marine resources. To date, the spatiotemporal resolution and extent of fisheries management ... -
Optimizing Conservation Benefits of Pelagic Marine Protected Areas: Assessing Alternative Timing of the Charleston Bump Time-Area Closure
(2017-04-28)The three-month Charleston Bump time-area closure was implemented in 2001 with the primary goal of reducing bycatch of juvenile swordfish in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. Due to this closure and other management ... -
POLICY AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR INVASIVE INDO-PACIFIC LIONFISH IN U.S. WATERS
(2011-04-29)The Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois miles and P. volitans) is now one of the most notorious marine finfish invasions in history. With established populations ranging from North Carolina, U.S.A, to the Atlantic coast of South ... -
Regional Bycatch of Long-lived Species (Sea Birds, Marine Mammals, and Sea Turtles) in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
(2008-04-23)The Mediterranean and Black Seas region includes twenty-two countries, three continents, and 26,000 kilometers of coast. About 80%, or 32,950 vessels, are less than 12 meters in length, and thus characterized as small-scale ... -
Religion and Fisheries Management in Coastal North Carolina
(2008-04-25)Many fishermen and fisheries managers in Eastern North Carolina hold strong Christian beliefs which influence their attitudes toward the fishery, and therefore affect how the fishery is managed. In public meetings on fisheries ... -
Seafood prices reveal impacts of a major ecological disturbance.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017-02-14)Coastal hypoxia (dissolved oxygen ≤ 2 mg/L) is a growing problem worldwide that threatens marine ecosystem services, but little is known about economic effects on fisheries. Here, we provide evidence that hypoxia causes ...
