Kauer, Kate and Bellquist, Lyall and Humberstone, Jenn and Saccomanno, Vienna and Oberhoff, Dwayne and Flumerfelt, Sherry and Gleason, Mary (2024) Advancing fisheries sustainability and access through community fisheries trusts. Marine Policy, 164. p. 12.
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Marine fisheries have significant socio-economic importance for fishing communities globally, and a broad range of management systems are used to promote fisheries sustainability. In the U.S., rights-based fisheries management was federally implemented to align economic incentives with conservation objectives, and to facilitate long-term fisheries sustainability. However, the creation of transferable fishery access privileges also led to consolidation of fishery assets in some fisheries and regions, which can limit fishery access and shift the distribution of economic benefits. In response, some fishing communities established fisheries trusts, which are community-based entities that acquire and manage fishery privileges with the goal of sustaining community access to locally important fisheries. In addition to mitigating fishery access challenges, fisheries trusts can advance broader fisheries sustainability and community resilience goals. Despite the national footprint of fisheries trusts, no comprehensive assessment has been conducted to inform their formation, operation, impact, and challenges. This study presents a national review of fisheries trusts and a case study in California where five fisheries trusts were established in the commercial groundfish fishery. This review finds that fisheries trusts in the U.S. have grown in regional clusters in response to implementation of federal rights-based management systems (e.g., Individual Fishing Quota programs). Fisheries trusts in the U.S. maintain a primary focus on economic goals and secondary focus on conservation goals, but evaluation and measurement of performance requires improved information tracking and reporting. The case study illustrates how the development of fisheries trusts can address community-specific fishery access challenges and incentivize marine conservation practices.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Sustainable Fisheries, Fishing Communities, Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ), Fisheries Management, Marine Conservation |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 12:11 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 12:11 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/20626 |
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