Positioning fisheries in a changing world

Marine capture fisheries face major and complex challenges: habitat degradation, poor economic returns, social hardships from depleted stocks, illegal fishing, and climate change, among others. The key factors that prevent the transition to sustainable fisheries are information failures, transition...

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Published in:	Marine policy Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 630 - 634
Main Authors:	Grafton, R. Quentin, Hilborn, Ray, Ridgeway, Lori, Squires, Dale, Williams, Meryl, Garcia, Serge, Groves, Theodore, Joseph, James, Kelleher, Kieran, Kompas, Tom, Libecap, Gary, Lundin, Carl Gustaf, Makino, Mitsutaku, Matthiasson, Thorolfur, McLoughlin, Richard, Parma, Ana, Martin, Gustavo San, Satia, Ben, Schmidt, Carl-Christian, Tait, Maree, Zhang, Lin Xiu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01-07-2008 Elsevier
Series:	Marine Policy
Subjects:	Costs Environmental policy Fisheries Governance Governance Public and private benefits Marine Marine resources Private sector Public and private benefits Public sector Sustainability Governance Public and private benefits
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Summary:	Marine capture fisheries face major and complex challenges: habitat degradation, poor economic returns, social hardships from depleted stocks, illegal fishing, and climate change, among others. The key factors that prevent the transition to sustainable fisheries are information failures, transition costs, use and non-use conflicts and capacity constraints. Using the experiences of fisheries successes and failures it is argued only through better governance and institutional change that encompasses the public good of the oceans (biodiversity, ecosystem integrity, sustainability) and societal values (existence, aesthetic and amenity) will fisheries be made sustainable.
Bibliography:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1
ISSN:	0308-597X 1872-9460
DOI:	10.1016/j.marpol.2007.11.003