Fisheries are complex systems. Food web models are increasingly being used to study the
ecological consequences of fisheries policies and environmental change on such systems …

Climate change will amplify stress on marine systems already challenged by conflicts and
inequities relating to fisheries access, management decisions, and ocean uses across …

ABSTRACT The European Arctic is commonly thought of as a pristine and homogeneous
area. In reality, it is a diverse region experiencing growth relying on natural resource …

In this paper, we employ a “doughnut” economic approach to comprehensively assess the
state of the purse-seiners fisheries sector in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. The …

Abstract The United Nations has identified access to and benefits from fisheries resources
as key sustainable development challenges. The business-as-usual management approach …

This paper proposes to establish Maximum Sustainable Employment (MSE) as a new
guiding light, or beacon, for wild fisheries governance. This new social beacon complements …

The governance of reservoir fisheries is a multifaceted phenomenon encompassing both
formal and informal institutions and processes. This complexity presents a challenge in …

Portugal has a historical tradition in fisheries, and its small-scale fishery (SSF) communities
are the backbone of the national industry. There have been increased concerns about the …

Inequity is ubiquitous in the ocean, and social equity receives insufficient attention in ocean
governance and management efforts. Thus, we assert that proponents of sustainability must …

Fisheries management authorities seek to improve the incorporation of stakeholders'
preferences into decision-making but conventional approaches to assessing stakeholder …