Kraan, Marloes and Cornell, Amber Himes and Pedreschi, Debbi and Motova, Arina and Hamon, Katell G and Pita, Cristina and Ballesteros, Marta and Barz, Fanny and Fonseca, Tereza and Vinuesa, Alfredo Garcia-De and Guitierrez, Angel and Jackson, Emmet and Lam, Mimi E and Norman, Karma and Seixas, Sonia (2025) Putting fishing communities on the map in ICES ecoregions. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82 (7). p. 14.
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This paper highlights the importance of identifying fishing communities for fisheries and ecosystem-based management, which often focuses on fleets and ecological impacts rather than on the communities where fishers live and land their catches. Fishing communities are key to understanding the broader impacts and benefits of fishing, as they support many livelihoods in fleet and trade-related activities. Recognizing these communities, allows for better data collection, analysis, and informed policy-making. ICES WGSOCIAL developed a method to identify fishing communities across ICES ecoregions, first applied in the Celtic Seas and North Sea ecosystem overviews. These overviews describe ecosystems, identify human pressures, and assess their impact. Using fishing ports as proxies, our method links socio-economic indicators (e.g. landings value) to communities. We identify limitations to our methods and explore the complexities of defining a ‘fishing community’ due to its dynamic, multidimensional nature. We discuss next steps for improving our mapping approach and deepening our understanding of the social, cultural, and economic value of fishing, and why these matter for applied marine science in support of policy and management.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Fishing Communities, Ecosystem Based Management, Fisheries Management, Marine Social Ecological Systems, Marine Resources, Marine Ecosystem, Mapping, Livelihoods, Policy, ICES |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2025 10:36 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2025 10:36 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22503 |
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